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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
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Heavy metal band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2022, playing traditional metal with a contemporary edge shaped by the city's active underground scene.
Phoenix, Arizona thrash and heavy metal act with roots going back to 1987, combining classic thrash aggression with traditional heavy metal hooks in the tradition of the American metal underground.
Stranded Ways deliver melodic heavy metal from the eastern Finnish city of Joensuu, combining classic metal melodies with the marooned-journey themes their name suggests. Formed in 2019, they bring directional uncertainty to the North Karelia metal scene.
Heavy metal band based in Providence, Rhode Island, formed in 2020, delivering traditional metal built on dense riffing and a commitment to the genre's classic foundations.
Heavy and doom metal act from Morrison, Illinois, formed in 2024, drawing on the murky crossover between hard rock and doom to produce slow, foreboding material with a classicist sensibility.
Melodic heavy metal band from East Peoria, Illinois, active since 1999, rooted in the polished, hook-driven side of traditional metal with emphasis on memorable songwriting and clean, powerful vocals.
Strangers in the Attic blend melodic heavy, groove, and alternative metal from Zurich, creating a versatile sound that moves between aggressive riffing and melodic accessibility. Their genre-fluid approach reflects the diverse influences of the modern Swiss metal scene.
Heavy metal act from Severna Park, Maryland, formed in 2024, with an eclectic approach to the genre that draws from multiple metal traditions.
Stockholm's Strapats pair blackened heavy metal from the Swedish capital since 2023. Their Swedish name meaning "hardship" or "ordeal" channels the endurance of suffering into compositions that merge traditional metal with black metal darkness.
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