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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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Wilmington, North Carolina's Sponsel play a hard-driving blend of heavy, power, and speed metal, channeling the high-energy urgency of the classic American metal underground since 2017.
Spoonfull of Life deliver melodic heavy metal from Seligenstadt in Hesse since 2001, their unexpectedly optimistic name contrasting with the genre's typically dark imagery. Their quarter-century of activity makes them veterans of the greater Frankfurt metal scene.
Chelyabinsk's Sprut play heavy metal from the Ural industrial city since 2017. Their Russian name meaning "octopus" channels the multi-tentacled grip of the cephalopod into compositions of traditional metal from the Ural heartland.
Globe, Arizona heavy metal act Spungee Goodness formed in 2020, bringing classic heavy metal sensibilities to a small Arizona city outside the state's main metropolitan metal scenes.
Chicago, Illinois heavy metal band Spyderbone have been active since 2014, operating within the city's broad and long-standing heavy metal tradition with a direct, no-frills approach to the genre.
La Vergne, Tennessee heavy metal band Spyne formed in 2014, contributing to Middle Tennessee's underground metal community with a foundation in traditional heavy metal songwriting and delivery.
Chicago, Illinois heavy metal outfit Squadron have been active since 2013, drawing from the classic traditions of the genre and contributing to the city's enduring heavy metal underground.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Squall have combined heavy and stoner metal since 2012, blending muscular riff-driven songwriting with the hazy, groove-heavy influence of the stoner rock and metal traditions.
St Helens is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Kenosha, Wisconsin, formed in 2013, delivering a straightforward approach to traditional metal with rock-inflected hooks.
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