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"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
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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A neoclassical heavy metal project out of Algoma, Wisconsin, Barry Kuzay has been crafting largely instrumental compositions since 2009, drawing on classical structures within a metal framework.
Los Angeles guitarist Chris Poland made his name as an original member of Megadeth, and his solo work leans into neoclassical and progressive metal with fluid, jazz-inflected technique. One of the genre's most distinctive voices.
Sunnyside, Washington musician Christopher Vizcarra works in the intersection of neoclassical and power metal, weaving technically proficient guitar work with orchestral sensibility. His compositions lean on melodic grandeur and the kind of disciplined craft that defines the neoclassical metal tradition.
Virginia-based guitarist and songwriter combining heavy metal with neoclassical composition in the tradition of shred metal virtuosity. Curt Shaw applies technical precision and classical structure to melodic heavy metal.
Aurora, Illinois guitarist Dave Byron operates at the intersection of neoclassical shred and heavy metal songcraft, building solos and compositions that treat technical fluency as a vehicle for melodic expression since 2019.
Bloomington, Indiana guitarist and composer David Brewster has been merging progressive metal's structural ambition with neoclassical shred technique since 2004, producing a body of work that rewards both the headphones-deep listener and the technically inclined.
Saratoga Springs, Utah multi-instrumentalist David Lyon weaves djent-driven rhythmic precision into a tapestry of progressive and symphonic metal, a sweeping and technically demanding sonic vision he's been developing since 2004.
Coleman, Michigan guitarist David Malinich has evolved from his rock roots into a neoclassical shred and heavy metal practitioner, bringing technical guitar work steeped in the upper Midwest's quiet, self-reliant musical tradition.
Utica, New York guitarist and composer Dylan Backman has been releasing melodic progressive metal and shred-oriented instrumental work since 2019, combining neoclassical technique with progressive metal's structural ambition in a project that foregrounds virtuosity as a primary creative vehicle.
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