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Jersey is a heavy metal band from Croatia that channels aggressive energy through their compositions. Their approach to metal draws on both Central European and Mediterranean influences, contributing to the growing Croatian heavy music scene.
Jeshaia is a black metal project from Belgium, delivering atmospheric and aggressive extreme metal. The project channels dark sonic landscapes through the lens of Belgian underground black metal traditions.
Jesters is a heavy metal band from France that delivers energetic, riff-driven compositions with a theatrical flair. Their approach to classic heavy metal brings a distinctly French sensibility to the genre's bombastic traditions.
Los Angeles veterans Jesters of Destiny carry a psychedelic undercurrent through their heavy metal and hard rock, a band whose long history lends them a distinctive eccentric quality — equal parts carnival chaos and riff-driven power.
Jezabel is a power metal band from Hungary that delivers epic, anthemic compositions with soaring vocals and driving riffs. Their approach to the genre channels classic power metal energy through Eastern European sensibilities.
Formed in 2015, Jim Breuer and the Loud & Rowdy is the musical project of veteran stand-up comedian Jim Breuer, backed by a band featuring producer and guitarist Rob Caggiano of Anthrax and Volbeat. Their 2016 debut Songs from the Garage on Metal Blade Records channels the classic hard rock of AC/DC and Judas Priest, with AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson contributing guest vocals to two tracks on the album.
Huntington, West Virginia's Jimi Mitchell approaches neoclassical heavy metal from a deeply technical standpoint, a guitarist whose solo work since 2021 channels baroque compositional structures into a high-energy metal framework.
Jimz S is a Greek metal musician whose releases including Shadows From The Past deliver heavy compositions rooted in the Greek metal tradition. His solo work channels the intensity of Hellenic metal through dark, aggressive guitar-driven compositions.
Jin is a metal project from Russia that creates intense, atmospheric heavy compositions drawing on Eastern European extreme metal traditions. Their work channels the dark spirit of Russian underground metal through aggressive performances and bleak sonic landscapes.
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