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Featured Album
Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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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SWIN deliver melodic heavy metal and hard rock from Turku, combining classic metal melodies with rock accessibility. Formed in 2024, they bring fresh melodic energy to the southwestern Finnish scene.
Swindler deliver heavy and groove metal from Copenhagen, combining classic metal riffing with groove's rhythmic swagger. Active since 2014, they bring hustler energy to the Danish capital's metal scene.
Swine of Dissent is a heavy and thrash metal band from Oklahoma City, formed in 2020, combining classic thrash aggression with traditional heavy metal songwriting.
Madison, Wisconsin's Switchblade Monkeys have played groove and heavy metal since 2014, crafting punchy, riff-forward songs rooted in the Midwest's working-class metal tradition.
This Cincinnati, Ohio-based Sword plays traditional heavy metal and hard rock, formed in 2015 and rooted in the melodic, riff-centered songwriting of classic metal.
Sword and Shield is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Rutherfordton, North Carolina, formed in 2016, playing straightforward metal with a classic, no-frills approach.
Arlington, Texas band formed in 2013 working in a heavy/thrash metal vein with hard rock influences, named after the famous multiple-personality case and suggesting a similarly multifaceted approach to heavy music.
Rising Sun, Maryland band formed in 2020 that pursues a progressive heavy and thrash metal sound, building on classic metal foundations with expanded song structures and technical ambition.
Sydra deliver heavy and thrash metal from Freiburg im Breisgau, combining classic metal foundations with thrash's aggressive velocity. Active since 2018, they bring dual-genre intensity to the Black Forest capital.
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