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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Milwaukee power metal band formed in 2016, pursuing the bombastic melodic grandeur and soaring vocal style central to the European-influenced American power metal tradition.
Veteran Los Angeles progressive power metal band formed in 1995, recognized for elaborate compositions, technically proficient musicianship, and a decade-spanning catalog that helped define the American progressive power metal underground.
Radford, Virginia power and heavy metal band formed in 2012, delivering muscular traditional metal with an emphasis on strong melodic songwriting and classic heavy metal song structures.
Steel Revenge deliver speed and power metal from the medieval castle town of Jagsthausen in Baden-Wurttemberg, channeling knightly vengeance through high-velocity compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring historical fury to the Hohenlohe region.
Sacramento heavy and power metal band formed in 2011, combining the anthemic drive of power metal with the directness and grit of traditional heavy metal in the American style.
Steelbourne forge power metal from Aarhus, channeling the genre's anthemic grandeur from Denmark's second city. Formed in 2021, they bring steel-forged compositions to the Jutland power metal scene.
Steelforce forge heavy and power metal from the Catalan industrial city of Terrassa, channeling the force of steel through anthemic compositions. Active since 2006, they've spent two decades bringing metal power to the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Steelhunter have been forging power and speed metal from Brunswick since 1988, making them one of Lower Saxony's longest-running metal acts. Their nearly four decades of activity span the entire evolution of German power/speed metal.
Levittown, New York power and thrash metal band formed in 2012, fusing the melodic ambition of power metal with the aggressive riffing and speed of thrash for a hybrid sound rooted in East Coast metal tradition.
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