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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Stranded Ways deliver melodic heavy metal from the eastern Finnish city of Joensuu, combining classic metal melodies with the marooned-journey themes their name suggests. Formed in 2019, they bring directional uncertainty to the North Karelia metal scene.
Symphonic gothic metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 2015, weaving orchestral arrangements and atmospheric dark imagery into a sound that draws equally from gothic metal's melodic melancholy and symphonic metal's grandeur.
Death metal band from West Flanders with a memorably macabre name, active since 2012. Their surgical-themed identity sets the stage for visceral death metal that doesn't shy from the genre's most grotesque imagery.
Heavy metal band based in Providence, Rhode Island, formed in 2020, delivering traditional metal built on dense riffing and a commitment to the genre's classic foundations.
Minneapolis, Minnesota trio formed in 2018 operating at the intersection of sludge, stoner, and doom metal, crafting slow-burning, heavily distorted material with a hazy psychedelic undertow.
Progressive metal band from New Berlin, Wisconsin with a history stretching back to 1999, building technically ambitious compositions with the melodic sensibility and dynamic range central to the progressive metal tradition.
Heavy and doom metal act from Morrison, Illinois, formed in 2024, drawing on the murky crossover between hard rock and doom to produce slow, foreboding material with a classicist sensibility.
Melodic heavy metal band from East Peoria, Illinois, active since 1999, rooted in the polished, hook-driven side of traditional metal with emphasis on memorable songwriting and clean, powerful vocals.
Stranger Danger play thrash metal from Prague with a name that channels the genre's tradition of provocative, tongue-in-cheek monikers. Their sound delivers the high-velocity riffing and aggressive energy that defines classic thrash.
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