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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Columbus-based Jack the Ripper brings a heavy/power metal approach to their craft, marrying thick, traditional riffwork with the soaring ambition of power metal since forming in 2022.
Jackal is a heavy metal band from Denmark that delivers aggressive, riff-driven metal with a raw and uncompromising edge. Their Danish take on extreme metal channels the cold intensity of Scandinavian heavy music traditions.
Jacobs Moor is a progressive power/thrash metal band from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2014. They have released several albums including Anthems For The Apocalypse and All That Starts, blending technical proficiency with aggressive thrash energy and progressive structures.
Jaded Star is a symphonic/progressive metal band from Athens, Greece, founded by Maxi Nil, formerly of Visions of Atlantis. Their albums Memories From The Future (2015), mixed by Fredrik Nordstrom at Fredman Studios, and Realign (2020) have earned them European tour slots alongside Epica, Moonspell, and Delain.
Formed in Colorado Springs in 1981, Jag Panzer are one of the longest-running American power metal acts, having helped establish the U.S. power metal scene alongside their debut Ample Destruction in 1984. The band's catalog includes the ambitious 2000 concept album Thane to the Throne, a full adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and extends through The Deviant Chord (2017) on SPV/Steamhammer, maintaining vocalist Harry Conklin as a central constant across decades of activity.
Jaggernaut is a heavy metal band from Sweden whose dark, aggressive compositions channel the intensity of the Swedish extreme metal tradition. Their extensive discography including Immortal and Distorted Heavens demonstrates a prolific approach to heavy, uncompromising metal.
Jakubysko is a band from Zvolen, Slovakia, formed around 2003-2004 from members of V.O.K.K. and MADCULT. Their prolific output of self-titled releases and a split LP with Paskuda demonstrates a commitment to raw, uncompromising heavy music from the Slovak underground.
Janissary is a heavy metal band from Serbia named after the elite Ottoman military corps, delivering aggressive compositions with historical and martial themes. Their approach to metal draws on Eastern European traditions to create a distinctive, powerful sound within the Balkan metal scene.
Jackson-based Jason Caldwell straddles the line between thrash, power, and Southern metal with ease, a versatile approach that draws from the melodic bite of power metal and the rootsy grit of Southern-inflected heavy music.
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