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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/15 @ Palladium Times Square, New York City
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Named after the iconic John Carpenter antihero, this Moberly, Missouri band formed in 2017 and plays groove-inflected crossover thrash with a streetwise, pit-tested energy.
Grand Rapids, Michigan stoner and sludge metal band formed in 2013, combining bong-thick riffs with the murky, swampy undertones typical of the Midwest sludge underground.
Snake's Venom deliver thrash and heavy metal from Granada, channeling the toxic intensity their name promises from the Alhambra city. Their Andalusian base brings southern Spanish fire to traditional metal.
Snakebearer practice black metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, drawing serpent-bearer imagery from astronomical and mythological sources. Active since 2017, they bring ophidian darkness to the Ostrobothnia underground.
Snakebite deliver melodic heavy metal from Hamburg, combining classic metal riffing with memorable melodic hooks. Active since 2013, they bring venomous energy to the Hanseatic city's traditional metal scene.
Seattle, Washington heavy metal and punk rock band formed in 2022, drawing on the city's rich rock lineage to deliver high-energy traditional metal with a raw, street-level bite.
Clarksburg, West Virginia stoner and Southern metal band formed in 2013, building a sound rooted in Appalachian grit and the greasy, riff-heavy traditions of Southern hard rock.
San Diego, California heavy metal band formed in 2025, carrying on the traditions of classic American heavy metal in Southern California.
Little Rock, Arkansas sludge metal and hardcore band formed in 2014, fusing the punishment of mid-tempo sludge with the aggression of hardcore in the Southern underground.
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