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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Free the Witch EP (2018)
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Dallas, Texas thrash metal project. The corporate-satirical name targets American capitalism through DFW aggression.
Virginia noise rock and sludge outfit formed in 2023, channeling the abrasive end of American heavy music into their debut American Dreams Diner Open 24 Hours. The album title alone captures the band's corroded take on Americana.
Santa Cruz, California's American Adrenalin deliver high-octane rock fueled by adrenaline-pumping riffs and anthemic energy. The band brings a straightforward, no-frills hard rock attack that channels the spirit of California's punk and rock scenes into a modern, aggressive package.
New York sludge metal project. Patriotic mortality rendered in crushing heaviness.
Durham, North Carolina power metal and progressive project. Imperial ambition through melodic precision from the Research Triangle.
Minneapolis thrash revivalists who hit the ground running in 2022 with both a demo tape and a full-length in the same year. Take Your Medicine delivers no-nonsense thrash with the urgency of a band that has something to prove in a city with deep metal roots.
American Head Charge is an industrial metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1996 by vocalist Cameron Heacock and bassist Chad Hanks. Their major label debut The War of Art (2001) on American Recordings, produced by Rick Rubin, earned them a spot on the main stage of Ozzfest 2001 alongside Slipknot and System of a Down, driven by their chaotic blend of nu metal, industrial, and grindcore influences. The band has remained active through numerous lineup changes, releasing Trepanation (1999), The War of Art (2001), and The Feeding (2005) among their key records.
Chicago hardcore punk veterans active since 1999, later splitting operations between the Windy City and Atlanta. Across six releases spanning over fifteen years, they've built a catalog of ferocious, confrontational punk that draws equally from noise rock and metal, with album titles like Prolapse and Sedentary reflecting their caustic worldview.
Pittsburgh stoner metal outfit laying down thick grooves since 2012. Their album Darkest Hours trades in the kind of lumbering, riff-heavy jams that sound best at maximum volume in a basement venue — unpretentious, heavy, and built for the Steel City's blue-collar metal scene.
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