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Testiness is a heavy/power metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 2025. They play anthemic heavy and power metal from the Ruhr Valley.
Teutonic is a heavy metal band from Kaisheim, Germany, formed in 2012. They play traditional heavy metal honoring the Teutonic metal legacy.
The Admiral is a heavy metal band from Edelény, Hungary, formed in 2013. They deliver traditional heavy metal with strong riffs and commanding presence from eastern Hungary.
Out of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, The Aegean forge a heavy/thrash hybrid rooted in classic metal tradition — galloping riffs, muscular rhythms, and a straightforward no-frills approach to songwriting that keeps the focus on the riff above all else. Formed in 2019, they represent a newer generation of American acts committed to keeping the timeless mechanics of traditional thrash alive and loud.
Southern New Jersey's The Age of Ore deal in heavy/stoner metal built for long drives down industrial corridors and nights that don't end well — fuzz-drenched riffs, slow-burning grooves, and a weight that feels geological. Formed in 2021, they blend the bone-density of classic doom-influenced heavy metal with stoner rock's loose, hypnotic momentum.
Heavy metal band from São Paulo, active from 2013 until splitting up, with a lineup featuring Edson Francisco on lead vocals, Diego Sousa on guitar, Jeferson Dias on rhythm guitar, Douglas Souza on bass, and Felipe de Paula on drums. The band released the EP Soldiers of Metal on March 15, 2013.
Houston's The Awful Truth have been delivering melodic heavy metal with a hard rock backbone since 2012, carrying the Texas tradition of straight-ahead riff-driven metal into a city that has always had more room for it than outsiders might expect. Their music doesn't traffic in gimmicks — just the kind of honest, well-constructed heavy metal songwriting that has sustained the genre since its foundations.
The Banned is a black/death/heavy metal/punk band from Schleswig, Germany, active since 2000. They blend influences from across the extreme metal spectrum with punk's raw energy.
New Jersey's The Bardbarians lean into a wide stylistic range under a heavy metal banner, their name suggesting something both ancient and unruly — music informed by sword-and-sorcery theatrics and classic metal energy rather than a single subgenre's orthodoxy. Formed in 2021, they're among the newer acts keeping traditional metal's adventurous spirit alive in the Garden State.
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