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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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HYPA HYPA Tour - Live In Ludwigsburg (2023)
05/25 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Baltimore's Mystic-Force have been developing their progressive heavy and power metal sound since 2010, building elaborate song structures around virtuosic playing and wide-ranging dynamics that set them apart from the more straightforward side of the power metal scene.
A newcomer from Denver, Colorado formed in 2024, Mystigaard draw on the classic heavy metal tradition, bringing a fresh voice to the genre with the kind of riff-forward, melodic approach that echoes the genre's foundational bands while remaining planted in the present.
Hard-hitting Heavy Metal out of Texas.
Mythra is a NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from South Shields, England, formed in 2023. They channel the classic spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from Tyneside.
Mythrall is a heavy and power metal band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2025. They forge triumphant power metal driven by soaring melodies and epic compositions.
Mythrill is a heavy metal act from Budapest, formed in 2025. The band draws from Tolkien mythology and the European heavy metal tradition, delivering epic, fantastical compositions.
MÉS is a heavy, thrash, and groove metal act from the Haute-Marne department in eastern France, active since 2018. The band blends multiple metal styles into a hybrid approach that draws equally from classic thrash and modern groove metal.
Mástil is a heavy metal and hard rock act from Madrid, blending classic metal riffing with blues-inflected hard rock grooves. Active since 2017, the band occupies the intersection of traditional metal and rock that has long been a staple of the Spanish capital's live circuit.
San Diego's Möbius began as a heavy metal and grunge act in 2020 before eventually pivoting toward punk rock, tracing a stylistic arc reflected in their evolving Bandcamp catalog. The band's trajectory mirrors a deliberate move away from heavy metal's formalism toward rawer, more stripped-down territory.
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