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Wheeling, West Virginia heavy/speed metal act. A raw, underground entry from the Mountain State's sparse but dedicated metal scene.
Alternate is a speed/thrash metal band from Shumen, Bulgaria, formed in 1991 and among the early contributors to the Bulgarian thrash metal underground. The band released albums including "Anger of the Gods" and "Reincarnation," playing tight, aggressive thrash metal in the classic European tradition.
Passaic, New Jersey power metal project. The name promises surprise attack through melodic force from north Jersey.
Savannah, Georgia speed metal warriors with a Viking metal edge, blending Peach State grit with Norse mythology since 2018. Their EPs Artificial Intelligence and Shadow Work show a band evolving from pure velocity into more thematically ambitious territory.
Anathorn forges epic heavy and speed metal from Trnavá Hora in the Banská Bystrica district since 2018. Their thorny name drives compositions of prickly metallic heroism from rural central Slovakia.
Oakland speed metal project from the California underground.
Angel Dust is a German heavy metal band formed in Dortmund in 1984, releasing their debut Into the Dark Past in 1986 during the height of the German speed and thrash metal movement. After disbanding in 1990, the band reformed in 1998 with a new vocalist and a significantly more melodic power metal orientation, signing to Century Media Records and releasing acclaimed albums including Border of Reality (1998), Bleed (1999), and Enlighten the Darkness (2000). They are one of the more notable examples of a German thrash act successfully reinventing themselves as a power metal band.
Angel Tyrs is a heavy and speed metal band from the Wornitzhofen and Ehingen area of Germany, formed in 2024, blending the driving tempo of speed metal with traditional heavy metal's melodic punch. As a newly formed act, the band carries forward the torch of German speed metal that has produced some of the genre's most revered acts.
Aonikenk is a speed metal band from Plaza Huincul, Neuquén, taking their name from the Tehuelche word for "people from the south" in a nod to their Patagonian roots. The band built a catalog of heavy metal albums with socially conscious and nativist themes, including "Sentir Metalero" (2001) and "A Mi Argentina" (2005), the latter released on Icarus Music. Members Daniel Carrasco, Ariel Basualto, and Juanchy Basualto drove the band's distinctly Argentine sound throughout their run.
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