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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Veteran Los Angeles progressive power metal band formed in 1995, recognized for elaborate compositions, technically proficient musicianship, and a decade-spanning catalog that helped define the American progressive power metal underground.
Wisconsin melodic heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2013, crafting hook-driven songs that balance commercial melodic sensibilities with the heavier textures of traditional heavy metal.
Heavy metal band from Franca, São Paulo, formed in 2019 by guitarist Alex Livás alongside vocalist Bruno Coimbra, bassist Rafael Kempp, and drummer Christiano de Paula. Their self-titled debut album, a ten-track record released on September 27, 2023 through Alone Records, covers themes of war, battles, and apocalypse.
Radford, Virginia power and heavy metal band formed in 2012, delivering muscular traditional metal with an emphasis on strong melodic songwriting and classic heavy metal song structures.
Heavy metal band from Gorna Oryahovitsa in central Bulgaria, active since 2014, riding the wave of traditional heavy metal revivalism sweeping through Eastern Europe. Their classic approach draws on the genre's most time-honored elements of galloping riffs and soaring melodies.
Sacramento heavy and power metal band formed in 2011, combining the anthemic drive of power metal with the directness and grit of traditional heavy metal in the American style.
Los Angeles heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2022, rooted in the classic sounds of the city's storied metal scene with a muscular, guitar-driven approach to songwriting.
Steel Systems play heavy metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, channeling systematic precision through classic metal compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring engineered heaviness to the Ostrobothnia scene.
Traditional heavy metal band from Rio de Janeiro formed in 2013, fronted by vocalist Terry Painkiller (also of Facing Fear), who released the debut recording Howling Like A Steel Wölf in 2012 before the band went on hiatus. Steel Wölf returned to live activity by 2018, performing at the Metal sem Fronteiras festival in Rio de Janeiro in August of that year.
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