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Chicago black metal project from the Illinois underground.
Andrei Kaptsiuh is a heavy metal and hard rock solo project from Maladzyechna in the Minsk Region, active since 2016. This one-person operation from a small Belarusian town channels the classic sounds of metal and hard rock through an intensely personal creative lens.
Chicago power metal guitarist and multi-instrumentalist active since 2001. His solo catalog spans demos, full-lengths, and collaborative recordings that showcase technical prowess rooted in the Windy City's surprisingly deep power metal tradition.
Philadelphia heavy metal / nwothm project from the Pennsylvania underground.
Andrew W.K. is an American musician and entertainer, born Andrew Wilkes-Krier in Michigan in 1979, who built a career around maximalist party rock fusing heavy metal riffing, glam energy, and pop melodicism. His 2001 debut I Get Wet on Island Records, anchored by the anthemic "Party Hard," became a cult classic and established his persona as an unironic apostle of positivity and excess. He has released six studio albums through 2021, including God Is Partying, while also maintaining a career as a motivational speaker and public figure.
Andrey Gadzhibalaev explores progressive metal as a solo project from Magnitogorsk since 2014. From this major steel-producing city in the southern Urals, this one-person operation channels industrial-city ambition into progressive compositions.
Andro Coulton brings heavy metal from the Derbyshire town of Belper since 2025, representing the newest generation of traditional metal from the East Midlands. Their solo-project approach channels individual vision through classic metal frameworks.
Andromalius merges black and death metal from Moscow since 2019. Named after a Great Earl of Hell who punishes thieves and returns stolen goods, they channel demonic justice through extreme metal from the Russian capital.
North Royalton, Ohio power metal project with a sense of humor and four releases since 2015. From the provocatively titled Electric Male Discharge to the noise-referencing Harsh Metal Wall, they blend power metal bombast with irreverent energy from the Cleveland suburbs.
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