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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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New Jersey's Metal Mike is a solo project that fuses heavy metal's primal backbone with the technical ambition of neoclassical and progressive metal, leaning hard into shred guitar as a central vehicle. The project mines the intersection of virtuoso technique and melodic metal songwriting, placing it in the lineage of players like Malmsteen while carving its own niche on Bandcamp.
Fort Lauderdale's Metal Militia have been bringing a relentless thrash attack to South Florida since 2014, channeling the aggression and speed of the genre's Bay Area and East Coast forebears. Their Bandcamp presence reflects a band committed to the uncompromising intensity that defines underground thrash.
Metal Mirror is a NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from London, England, formed in 2015. They channel the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal through classic riff-driven compositions.
A heavy and groove metal act from the Newcastle upon Tyne area, Metal Moth has been delivering thick, riff-heavy compositions from the northeast since 2014. The band channels the industrial spirit of Tyneside into muscular metal grooves.
Metal Notes is a progressive metal band from Poznań, Poland, formed in 2025. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
A heavy metal act from Gothenburg, Metal Raider has been delivering classic-style metal since 2018. The band channels the plundering spirit of their name into riff-heavy compositions from Sweden's metal capital.
Metal Raign is a thrash/heavy metal band from Abensberg, Germany, active since 2016. Their sound combines the velocity of thrash metal with the anthemic power of classic heavy metal from the Lower Bavarian underground.
Metal Rain is a heavy metal act from the Baltic coastal town of Sopot, active since 2016. The band delivers the kind of relentless, precipitation-heavy metal their name promises.
Metal Riot is a heavy metal band from the small Finnish town of Akaa, flying the flag for classic metal since 2015. The band channels the spirit of the NWOBHM and early Finnish metal into energetic, riff-driven anthems.
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