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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Minneapolis's Eternal Voyager sets sail on heavy/power metal seas since 2014, pairing soaring vocal melodies with muscular guitar work that carries the spirit of the great tradition across the prairies.
Danville, Illinois has been putting out Eternal War's unrelenting thrash since 2015 — riff-forward aggression and a combative energy that shows no signs of armistice.
Melodic folk metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland, weaving traditional folk melodies into a metal framework since 2013. Their approach bridges Alpine and European folk heritage with the power and aggression of melodic metal.
Pittsburgh's Eternal Winter has been carving raw, pagan black metal into the steel city's underground since 2021 — cold tremolo riffs and blastbeats that suit the grey Rust Belt sky.
Mechanicsville's Eternal Winter stands apart with epic power metal built for the long haul — grand melodies, anthem-sized choruses, and a classical sense of scale since 2021.
Melodic black/death metal act from Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, blending harmonic depth with extreme metal aggression since 2010. Their name suggests timeless knowledge, lending philosophical weight to their dual-genre approach.
Lexington's Eternal Wound drags hardcore's immediate rage through death metal's most punishing machinery — a Kentucky outfit that's been drawing blood at the intersection since 2023.
A product of the birthplace of black metal, this atmospheric black metal and black metal act channels frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Active since 2022, blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Västerås-based death metal act, active since 2026 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
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