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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
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San Francisco NWOTHM stalwarts forging traditional heavy metal since 2013. Four releases including Other World and The Tower showcase Bay Area melodicism applied to classic metal structures — twin harmonies, anthemic choruses, and fist-pumping energy that honors the genre's golden age.
Los Angeles thrash metal act attacking since 2022 with a live demo and multiple EPs. The Plague Ship and subsequent releases deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash from a city that helped define the genre in the '80s and continues to breed new generations of headbangers.
Milwaukee death metal project from the Wisconsin underground.
Los Angeles post-metal project whose 2024 debut carries one of the most apocalyptic titles in recent memory — Where Their Worm Does Not Die and the Fires Are Never Quenched. Biblical dread rendered in towering walls of atmospheric heaviness.
Philadelphia black metal project from the Pennsylvania underground.
Ancient Forest is a melodic black metal band from Hamburg and Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2011, weaving melody and atmosphere into the black metal framework. The band draws from the forested landscapes of northern Germany to fuel their atmospheric approach to the genre.
Philadelphia black metal act emerging in 2025 with Hymns of the Old Healing Sun. The title's juxtaposition of ancient spirituality and solar warmth hints at a more contemplative approach to black metal, fitting for a city steeped in American history.
Ancient Fury plays heavy metal from Milan since 2024, their name invoking timeless rage channeled through the classic vocabulary of heavy metal. From Lombardy's capital, they bring straightforward metallic power.
Ancient Gate is a one-person Argentine black metal project helmed by Ildrac, who performs all instruments and vocals. Citing Darkthrone, Judas Iscariot, and early Blut Aus Nord as reference points, the project debuted in 2019 with From the Shadow Lands and followed it in 2020 with Empire Beyond Dusk, alongside a split release with fellow Argentine act Wintaar titled Morbid Gates of Winter.
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