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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Judgment Day is a heavy metal band from the United Kingdom that brings dark, aggressive energy to their compositions. Their approach to metal draws on British traditions of heavy and extreme music with a confrontational, uncompromising style.
Jug is a heavy metal band from the United Kingdom whose punk-influenced approach to metal brings raw, aggressive energy to their compositions. Their confrontational style bridges the gap between heavy metal and hardcore punk traditions.
Juggernaught is a heavy metal band from Denmark that channels aggressive energy through a diverse palette of influences spanning thrash, groove, and classic metal. Their dynamic approach to heavy music draws on the strong Danish metal tradition while carving out their own confrontational identity.
Progressive thrash from San Antonio. Featured future Riot drummer Bobby Jarzombek.
Juggernaut are a thrash metal band from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded in 2005 by guitarist Célio Jr after his departure from the local band Rhestus. The group blends aggressive thrash with progressive rock and metal influences, and their third full-length La Bestia (2021) — recorded with vocalist Cicero, bassist Valda, and drummer Alefer — tackled xenophobia and social issues across Latin America.
Just is a heavy metal band from Hungary that delivers aggressive, hard-hitting compositions rooted in the Central European metal tradition. Their approach to heavy music channels the energy and intensity that characterizes Hungary's growing metal scene.
JustDrunk is a Russian metal and thrash punk band whose album Gipnodich (2016) delivers eight short, explosive tracks of aggressive crossover metal. Their fast, punishing compositions channel raw thrash energy through a punk-influenced framework.
Justice Theory is a melodic heavy metal and thrash metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, releasing through Inverse Records. Their consistent output of singles including Fireborn (2023) and This is Our War (2025) demonstrates a polished blend of melodic sensibilities with heavier thrash elements characteristic of the Finnish metal sound.
Justify is a thrash metal band from Germany that delivers fast, aggressive riffing rooted in the classic Teutonic thrash tradition. Their uncompromising approach to the genre channels the intensity of Germany's rich thrash metal heritage.
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