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Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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New Orleans stoner metal and Southern heavy rock outfit whose name blends automotive power with chemical enhancement. Crescent City heaviness built on the same foundation of groove and intoxication that fuels NOLA's legendary sludge scene.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania groove metal and progressive project. The metaphysical name promises music that transcends conventional heavy metal's three-dimensional constraints.
Syracuse, New York groove metal project whose cinematic name evokes a wartime heist film. Upstate New York heaviness with Hollywood flair.
Barre, Vermont deathcore project referencing Orwell's Two Minutes Hate from 1984 — but extended to five. Dystopian aggression from the Granite Capital of the World.
Escondido, California doom metal project named after a date — perhaps apocalyptic, perhaps personal. San Diego North County heaviness anchored to a specific moment in time.
Gulfport, Mississippi black metal and grindcore hybrid. Mississippi Gulf Coast extremity delivered in a cryptic alphanumeric package.
Boston post-metal pioneers and one of the most respected instrumental heavy bands in American music. Their innovative approach to crushing, riff-centric heaviness without vocals helped define the post-metal genre alongside Isis and Pelican.
Poughkeepsie, New York death metal project. Named after the espionage term for infiltrators within enemy lines — subversive extremity from the mid-Hudson Valley.
Rock Island/Milan, Illinois thrash metal project. Quad Cities aggression from the Mississippi River border between Illinois and Iowa.
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