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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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New Jersey's Hades has one of the longer journeys in underground U.S. metal — from power and heavy metal roots to a full thrash conversion, the Paramus band traces a lineage back to the early days of East Coast extremity while remaining active through the present.
Goregrind act from Macclesfield in Cheshire, active since 2023. Their clinical name promises the medical-horror extremity that goregrind demands, delivered from the English northwest.
Power metal band from Ciudad Real, Spain, active since 2010. Their soaring melodies and epic arrangements carry the European power metal tradition from the heart of La Mancha.
Nashville's Halo Theory launched in 2023 blending the fist-pumping lift of power metal with the neck-snapping drive of groove, a combination that sounds right at home in a city that takes its heavy music seriously.
Fresh out of Asheville, North Carolina, Halogi arrived in 2025 flying the flag for soaring power metal in a city more often associated with folk and psych. Expect big riffs, bigger choruses, and the mountain air to carry them.
Bred in Nacka's underground, this act delivers brutal power metal since 2020. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Hamka is a progressive/symphonic power metal band from Nice, France, formed in 2017. They combine orchestral grandeur with power metal's soaring energy.
Heavy/power metal band from Kaiserslautern, Germany, formed in 2015 and signed to Napalm Records. Their album Konig und Kaiser, mixed by Jacob Hansen, delivers theatrical power metal built on medieval and mythological themes across thirteen tracks of epic, hammer-wielding grandeur.
80s power/thrash act originally from New Orleans, relocated to Dallas. Their rare 1987 Return to Salem EP is a collector's item.
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