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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Sonoma County, California heavy metal band Coffin Hunters bring a traditional heavy metal approach to the Bay Area's wine country, with riff-forward songwriting and a classic sensibility. They represent the enduring appeal of no-frills heavy metal in Northern California.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Basel, Switzerland, formed in 2021. They combine the classic power of heavy metal with the sharp, aggressive edge of thrash.
Heavy metal band from Mosbach, Germany, emerging in 2025. They deliver classic heavy metal energy from the Neckar-Odenwald region of Baden-Wurttemberg.
Denver's Cold Moon fuses thrash aggression with death metal heaviness under the shadow of the Rockies, delivering blunt, no-frills metal that draws from the classic American tradition without apology.
Heavy metal band from the Iserlohn/Lunen area of Westphalia, Germany, active since 2011. They forge classic heavy metal with strong riffs from the Sauerland foothills.
Cold Slither plays heavy metal rooted in the blue-collar, blue-collar tradition of 80s power and traditional metal, a band that wears its genre love plainly and makes no pretense about it.
Seattle's Cold Steele draws from classic heavy metal tradition, occupying the same Pacific Northwest metal underground that quietly sustained the genre through lean years in one of America's most musically restless cities.
Connecticut's Cold Sweat mined the fertile late-80s heavy metal vein of the Northeast corridor, playing melodic, hook-driven metal with a gritty sincerity common to the era's club circuit.
Heavy metal band from Graz, Austria, formed in 2021 from the ashes of Last in Line. They blend classic heavy metal with sharp riffs and driving grooves, combining clean singing and growled vocals across releases like 'Scorched Earth' and 'Time Capsule.'
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