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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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Speer is a thrash/heavy metal band from Casper, Wyoming, formed in 2014, one of very few metal acts emerging from Wyoming's isolated high plains, playing straightforward metal rooted in classic thrash and traditional heavy metal.
Spei play heavy metal and hard rock from the Castilian city of Burgos, channeling the hope their Latin name suggests through classic metal compositions. Active since 2016, they bring optimistic metal energy to the northern Castilian plateau.
Spell Breaker is a traditional heavy metal band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2025, playing classic-styled metal drawing on the NWOBHM and American heavy metal traditions from one of Texas's border cities.
SpellBook is a heavy metal and hard rock band from York, Pennsylvania, formed in 2020, playing classic-influenced heavy metal with a foundation in hard rock dynamics and traditional song structures.
Spellcaster is a heavy/speed metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2014, reviving the NWOBHM-influenced speed metal sound of the early 1980s with strong melodies, galloping riffs, and a classic aesthetic.
Spellgrinder is a heavy metal band from Twentynine Palms, California, formed in 2023, playing traditional heavy metal from the high desert of the Mojave with a sound rooted in classic metal song craft.
Spellwitch play heavy metal from the Finnish underground, channeling witchcraft themes through classic metal compositions. Active since 2011, they bring hexing intensity to the Finnish traditional metal scene.
Spherical Obscenity is a Buffalo, New York band formed in 2017 that combines melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with traditional heavy metal structure, balancing hook-driven riffing against heavier rhythmic attack.
Spicehead have been delivering heavy metal from the Kaiserslautern area since 1995, making them veterans of the Rhineland-Palatinate metal scene. Their three decades of activity represent a sustained commitment to classic metal from the western Palatinate.
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