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Stanton, California's Johnny Bee pursues death metal on a decidedly individual basis, a one-person project that has been developing a blunt, unfussy extremity since 2015 without the need for spectacle or scene recognition.
Johnny Mental is a metal and thrash metal musician from Wales active since at least 2003, with releases spanning over a decade of heavy compositions. His albums including The Fire In Which The Heart Resides (2004) and Pining For The Fjords deliver aggressive Welsh metal with a distinctly independent spirit.
Knoxville, Tennessee's Johnny Newman brings an orchestral ambition to progressive metal, weaving symphonic arrangements into technically complex compositions — a solo project rooted in the kind of grand, cinematic vision that the symphonic metal tradition does best.
Johnny Riffs is a Sweden-based metal musician who creates backing tracks spanning hard rock, metal, thrash, death, power ballads, stoner rock, and glam. His sixteen-album catalogue serves as a resource for guitarists looking to jam and shred solos, with new tracks added monthly.
Johnny the Boy formed in the United Kingdom in 2014, built around a creative core of vocalist Belinda Kordic and guitarist Justin Greaves, both key members of Crippled Black Phoenix, alongside bassist Matt Crawford. Signed to Season of Mist, the band blends blackened sludge, doom, and hard rock into a sound described as ice-cold black metal meeting excoriating sludge metal.
Clovis, California's Join the Dead play thrash metal with an enthusiastic grip on the genre's essentials — speed, riff density, and an aggressive attitude that hasn't dulled since the band formed in 2013.
Joint Depression is an alternative metal band from Oulu, Finland, blending oppressive heaviness with bluesy melodies and dynamic songwriting. Their album Projection (2022), released through Luminol Records, features Maria Liikanen's powerful vocals over a foundation of heavy, melancholic guitar work recorded at White Rock Dog Studios.
Jointhugger is a Norwegian heavy psychedelic doom rock band active since 2012, self-described as hashtronauts of the heavy playing cosmic, psychosonic doom rock straight from the fjords. Their trilogy of albums including Surrounded By Vultures (2021), composed by Nico Munkvold and recorded live at Stone Bone Cross Studio, channels deep fuzz and occult heaviness.
Chicago's Joker bring a melodic sensibility to heavy metal that owes as much to hard rock as it does to the heavier end of the spectrum, a band whose melodic hooks and polished delivery reflect their roots in one of America's great rock cities.
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