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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Tampa/Denver heavy metal and prog project named after the Greek hero. The move from Florida to Colorado mirrors a trajectory from death metal ground zero to the Mile High City.
Grand Rapids, Michigan NWOTHM project. The Latin name — roughly 'acts of men' — adds classical weight to West Michigan metal.
Los Angeles NWOTHM project whose name references the Hindu philosophical concept of non-duality. Eastern spirituality meets Western heavy metal tradition.
Advent is a folk and heavy metal band from Los Angeles. Their 2015 full-length "Silent Sentinel" blends folk instrumentation and storytelling with traditional heavy metal across twelve tracks, creating something that straddles the line between folk rock grandeur and metal power.
Aeraco is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Chicago. Their 2019 full-length "All or Nothing" delivers eleven tracks of no-frills, fist-pumping heavy metal in the classic tradition.
Aerik Von is a New York City-based multi-genre solo artist whose work spans heavy metal, hard rock, punk, and synthwave. With a catalog including the sprawling fifteen-track "Shadow Empire" and anniversary reissues, Von is a one-person creative force whose output defies easy categorization.
Austin, Texas NWOTHM project. Soaring classic heavy metal from the Live Music Capital.
Aetos is a black and heavy metal band from Chicago with a career stretching back to 2009. Across five full-lengths and two EPs, the band has charted an eclectic path — from "I am 1991" through "False Flag" to 2024's "Love in Unfavored Light" — blending black metal's abrasiveness with heavy metal's accessibility in unpredictable ways.
Affliction is a heavy metal band from Chicago with an explosive output since 2024. With nine releases in under two years — spanning full-lengths, EPs, and genre-hopping titles like "Hardcore Shmardcore" and "Pop Rox" — the project throws everything at the wall with punk-like abandon and a refusal to be pinned down.
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