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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Heavy metal band from Schertz, Texas, formed in 2012, carrying on the tradition of classic NWOBHM-influenced American heavy metal in the San Antonio area. Their sound is rooted in the twin-guitar, riff-centered approach of the genre's formative years.
Heavy metal band from New Jersey, formed in 2012, continuing the tradition of hard-driving, riff-based metal in the tri-state area's active underground scene.
String Theory blend symphonic and melodic death metal from Lahti, building complex compositions that draw parallels between theoretical physics and musical architecture. Active since 2014, they bring quantum-level sophistication to the Paijat-Hame extreme scene.
Stringface play thrash metal from the Swabian town of Dischingen, channeling old-school aggression from the Bavarian-Baden-Wurttemberg border. Formed in 2023, they bring fresh thrash to the Ostalbkreis region.
Neoclassical and progressive metal project from Dover, New Hampshire, formed in 2018, combining virtuosic guitar shred with structured progressive arrangements. Metal-Archives classifies them under progressive metal and shred, pointing to an emphasis on technical guitar performance within a compositionally ambitious framework.
Cavizzana's Strion practice black metal from a tiny Trentino village in the Val di Sole since 2020. Their extreme Alpine isolation naturally informs a sound shaped by mountain cold and solitude.
Strip play heavy metal from L'Esquirol in the Catalan Osona county, channeling classic metal energy from the mountainous Catalan interior. Active since 2005, they've spent two decades bringing traditional metal to rural Catalonia.
Groove metal band from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 2017, delivering mid-tempo, riff-heavy metal in the vein of Pantera and early Machine Head. The Phoenix metro area's metal underground provides a fertile home for their thick, groove-driven attack.
Gothenburg's Stripebound deliver melodic death metal from the birthplace of the genre since 2008. Nearly two decades from the city that defined melodic death metal, their constraint-themed name has produced compositions of sustained melodic intensity.
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