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Springfield, Missouri's Gauntlet are a genuinely difficult band to pin down — their sound pulls from sludge, powerviolence, hardcore, and power metal simultaneously, creating something chaotic and genre-agnostic. Formed in 2022, they're proof that genre labels sometimes just get in the way.
Bloomington, Illinois's Gauntlet keep things focused squarely within classic power metal — melodic, soaring, and built on the kind of anthemic songwriting that demands fists in the air. Formed in 2022, they're carrying on a well-worn tradition with conviction.
Gemini Abyss is a symphonic power metal band from Lodz, active since 2013. They deliver orchestrally enhanced power metal from central Poland's largest city.
Pittsburgh's Genghis Khan draw from heavy, power, and speed metal traditions to build music with scope and ambition, active since 2014. Classic influences run strong here, delivered with the no-nonsense energy of Pennsylvania's steel-city underground.
Gentry Lord is a solo progressive and power metal project from Finland, created entirely by Jori von Meriläinen, who composes, performs, and designs all aspects of the project. The 2013 debut Signals From The Mystiverse shifts seamlessly from power to thrash to spacey prog across cosmic and mystical concept narratives, released on CD by Stormspell Records.
Geomyth is an epic power and folk metal project from Cork, Ireland, formed in 2024 and blending the soaring melodies of power metal with folk instrumentation and mythological themes. The project explores Irish and wider mythological narratives through epic metal.
Ghaladriel is a heavy/power metal band from Ontinyent in the Valencia region, Spain, formed in 2024, named with a variant spelling of Tolkien's elven queen. The band brings epic power metal to the Spanish Levante.
Atlanta's Ghost Story have been blending heavy metal, power metal, and thrash since 2010, channeling the best of classic American metal into a sound that is equal parts anthem and assault. The South's storytelling tradition runs through every riff.
Kaliningrad power metal act formed in 2010, delivering soaring melodies and anthemic compositions from Russia's westernmost city. Their sound channels the triumphant energy and vocal-driven grandeur central to the power metal tradition.
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