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JEEL is a death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, whose album As Morning Turns To Day (2017) features twelve tracks of heavy, crushing death metal. The band's approach blends traditional death metal brutality with dynamic songwriting across a 50-minute runtime released through Slovak Metal Army and Immortal Souls Productions.
Jeer is a depressive and melodic black metal solo project from Torun, Poland, spontaneously formed in early 2011 by Dreamerion as an outlet to get rid of suffering. Their album Burden of Life (2011) features eight tracks of raw, emotionally charged black metal that prioritizes authentic expression over polished production.
Jeff Loomis is a guitarist from Washington state best known as the lead guitarist of progressive metal band Nevermore, with whom he recorded from 1994 until the band's dissolution in 2011. His 2008 solo debut Zero Order Phase took the fourth spot in Guitar World's 2009 readers' poll for best shred album; he followed it with Plains of Oblivion (2012) before joining melodic death metal band Arch Enemy as lead guitarist in 2014.
Jeff Metal is a neoclassical power metal solo project from Brazil, with all instruments and vocals handled by Jefferson Moura Melo. The project blends classical composition with power metal energy and incorporates Christian lyrical themes. The debut album God Created Rock was released in 2020.
Redding, California's Jefferson Death Trooper are a no-frills thrash metal band formed in 2021 with a clear reverence for the genre's classic Bay Area template — fast, aggressive, and built around the kind of pit-ready riffs that don't need a gimmick.
Sonoma, California guitarist Jeffro Hunter blends neoclassical shred with traditional heavy metal, a recently active solo project that draws on deep familiarity with the classical guitar canon and channels it through high-voltage metal performance.
Jegulja is a rock and metal band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, featuring a baritone guitar-driven sound with multiple albums including Anguilla Guerrilla and Exit Sandman. The three-piece has been active since at least 2013, cycling through several drummers while maintaining their heavy, low-tuned approach to Slovenian underground rock.
Jena is a southern metal band from Brescia in northern Italy, formed in 2013 and describing themselves as a southern metal band from northern Italy. After nearly dissolving in 2018, they reconstituted with a new lineup and have since released Graboid (2021) and Outlaw (2023), delivering groove-heavy, riff-driven southern metal.
Jenner is a heavy/thrash metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, formed in 2013 and delivering energetic, riff-driven metal. Their releases including Prove Them Wrong and To Live Is To Suffer channel classic thrash aggression through a tightly wound Serbian metal sound.
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