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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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Phoenix, Arizona's Mr. Dead merge the anthemic drive of power metal with the aggressive crunch of thrash, delivering a high-energy combination that fits naturally into the Southwest's growing heavy metal scene since their 2022 formation.
Mr. Scarecrow is a Czech band from Ostrava whose 2012 debut "Change the Channel" blends power metal, death metal, and black metal across nine tracks ranging from two-minute blasts to the nine-minute epic "I've Been to the Mountaintop." The quartet of Radim Korbel, Matěj and Jakub Grunt, and Tomáš Červený later pivoted toward death metal.
Cleveland, Ohio's MSOD blur the lines between power, thrash, and traditional heavy metal, pulling from each genre's strengths to craft a hard-hitting, versatile attack that reflects the city's deeply rooted metallic blue-collar heritage since 2020.
Chicago heavy/power metal act Munition formed in 2023 with an approach rooted in old-school metal tradition — anthem-ready riffs, soaring vocals, and the kind of chest-out directness that the genre's classic era was built on.
Lake Worth, Florida's Musket Breath came together in 2023 fusing death metal brutality with powerviolence fury and grindcore velocity, resulting in a ferocious hybrid that doesn't stay in any lane for long. Their approach reflects the anything-goes extremism that has always thrived in South Florida's underground circuit.
Mutagenocide is a power, groove, and thrash metal band from Oxford, England, formed in 2012. They blend power metal's energy with groove and thrash metal's aggression.
My Body Is a Cage is a three-piece grindcore and powerviolence band from Saxony, Germany, blending punk rawness with screamo intensity. Their 2021 split with Gritted Teeth was recorded at link-audio studio and showcases their commitment to the underground DIY ethos.
My Inner Circle is a progressive and power metal band from Potsdam, Germany, formed in 2017. They merge progressive complexity with power metal's soaring energy and melodic ambition.
My Last Whisper is a progressive power metal act from Umeå in northern Sweden, active since 2017. The band delivers technically ambitious, melodic compositions from the Arctic Circle's doorstep.
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