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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Jimmy Oldfield is a solo metal musician from the United Kingdom who has released five albums spanning groove, heavy, thrash, and stoner metal. His most recent release Immortal Form (2023) features vocalist Jeffery Yu alongside his own instrumental work, all self-produced with a Creative Commons approach to distribution.
Jimz S is a Greek metal musician whose releases including Shadows From The Past deliver heavy compositions rooted in the Greek metal tradition. His solo work channels the intensity of Hellenic metal through dark, aggressive guitar-driven compositions.
Joda Cema is a death/groove/thrash metal band from Bournemouth, UK, who have been taking the bullshit out of metal since 2004. Their humorously titled album David Hasselhoff's Top 50 Power Ballads (2016) belies the serious heaviness of their death and thrash metal compositions.
John Doe is a heavy metal band from Poland that creates aggressive, anonymity-themed heavy compositions. Their work channels the spirit of the Polish underground metal scene through hard-hitting riffs and intense performances.
Johnny Mental is a metal and thrash metal musician from Wales active since at least 2003, with releases spanning over a decade of heavy compositions. His albums including The Fire In Which The Heart Resides (2004) and Pining For The Fjords deliver aggressive Welsh metal with a distinctly independent spirit.
Clovis, California's Join the Dead play thrash metal with an enthusiastic grip on the genre's essentials — speed, riff density, and an aggressive attitude that hasn't dulled since the band formed in 2013.
Jony Walker is a Polish metal musician whose heavy compositions span multiple subgenres within the broad metal spectrum. His work contributes to Poland's vibrant heavy music underground with energetic, riff-driven compositions.
Out of Middleton, Massachusetts, Josh Johnson deals in the classic intersection of heavy metal riffing and thrash aggression, with enough rock-and-roll grit to keep things from going fully clinical. A one-man operation building on two decades of underground tradition.
Josh Keech is a guitarist, musician, and YouTuber from Bedford, UK, whose debut solo project Warrior In The Clouds showcases his diverse metal influences across two parts. His instrumental guitar work spans multiple heavy styles, reflecting his background as a content creator and performer.
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