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Featured Album
"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Clinton, Kentucky heavy metal project with six releases since 2015. Named after the C.S. Lewis lion — or perhaps the Turkish word for 'lion' — delivering NWOTHM from deep western Kentucky, one of the most remote metal outposts in the catalog.
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania NWOTHM act from Pittsburgh's steel-mill suburbs, channeling classic heavy metal energy with the working-class grit of Western PA.
New Haven, Connecticut NWOTHM project whose 2013 Summer Demo captures classic heavy metal aesthetics from the Elm City. The evocative name paints a picture of twilight gatherings and ancient rites.
Watervliet, Michigan NWOTHM project with two releases since 2011. Mistress Of Ghosts and the French-titled La Petite Mort EP blend classic heavy metal with gothic atmospherics from West Michigan's lakeshore.
Melodic progressive metal from Houston with art-rock grandeur.
Orlando, Florida NWOTHM project with seven releases since 2024. American Nightmare and multiple demos demonstrate a band producing material at breakneck speed, blending traditional metal with hardcore energy from the theme park capital.
Los Angeles NWOTHM project. The cinematic, action-movie name promises heavy metal with blockbuster energy from the entertainment capital.
Kirkland, Washington NWOTHM project whose 2021 debut Metal Lands delivers traditional heavy metal from Seattle's affluent Eastside suburbs. The Greek-derived name adds classical weight to their contemporary approach.
New York City heavy metal project with seven releases since 2015. Their eclectic catalog — spanning an Afghanistan EP and INDUSTRIAL LANGUAGE — pushes NWOTHM boundaries with geopolitical and linguistic themes from the world's cultural capital.
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