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Aggressive post-hardcore from Denton.
Rival Sons are a hard rock and blues-influenced band from Long Beach, California, formed in 2009 around vocalist Jay Buchanan and guitarist Scott Holiday, drawing widely from 1970s classic rock precedents including Led Zeppelin and Free. The band earned Grammy nominations for their 2019 album Feral Roots and scored a Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one with its single 'Do Your Worst,' placing them among the most commercially successful acts in the contemporary hard rock revival.
Heavy/power metal band from Pijnacker, the Netherlands, active since 2017. Their approach delivers anthemic heavy and power metal from the South Holland town.
Plattsburgh, New York sits near the Canadian border in the northern Adirondack region — about as far from the coastal metal corridors as you can get while still being in New York State — and that geographic remove seems to suit Riven's thrash metal approach, formed in 2017. Their sound draws on the classic Bay Area and East Coast thrash traditions, favoring tight riff structures and aggressive forward momentum. The regional isolation gives their output a self-reliant quality common to metal scenes far from major metropolitan centers.
Formed in Hallwang, Austria in 1998, Rivendell weave folk-influenced epic metal with raw black metal power, drawing lyrical inspiration from Tolkien's mythology, ancient nature, and fantasy battlefields. Their discography spans albums including Elven Tears, Fangorn: Poems of Mountains and Forests, Unsung Tales, and Farewell: The Last Dawn.
River Black are a New Jersey metalcore and hardcore band formed around 2016 by guitarist John Adubato and drummer Dave Witte (Municipal Waste) following the dissolution of Burnt by the Sun, completing the lineup with bassist Brett Bamberger (Revocation) and vocalist Mike Olender. The band released their self-titled debut on Season of Mist in 2017, channeling post-hardcore intensity through a technical lens informed by their members' extensive backgrounds in death metal and hardcore.
River Crow is a groove/southern metal band from Ciudad Real in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, formed in 2017. The band channels heavy grooves with southern metal swagger from the dry plains of central Spain.
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Black metal project from Nagykökényes, Hungary, with roots dating to 2003. Over two decades of black metal from the small Hungarian village represent remarkable underground dedication.
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