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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Vasteras' Steel Freight deliver death metal with hardcore influences from the Vastmanland capital since 2025. Their industrial-transport name channels the crushing weight of loaded rail cars into compositions of freshly-minted, urban extremity.
Cherepovets' Steel Hammer play heavy metal from the Vologda steel-smelting city since 2016. Their industrial-tool name and origins in one of Russia's major metallurgical centers create a natural alignment between name, place, and sound.
Thrash metal band from Idaho Falls, Idaho, formed in 2020, delivering aggressive, tightly wound thrash with the straightforward intensity and old-school conviction of the genre's golden era.
Tavullia's Steel in the Blood deliver thrash metal from the Pesaro countryside since 2017. Their name declares metal as a biological imperative, running through their veins from the Marche hills.
Milwaukee power metal band formed in 2016, pursuing the bombastic melodic grandeur and soaring vocal style central to the European-influenced American power metal tradition.
Steel Machine have been forging heavy and speed metal from western Finland and Jyvaskyla since 2013, combining classic metal power with speed metal's velocity. Their machine-named precision channels the industrial efficiency of Finnish metalworking.
Steel Mage blend metalcore aggression with thrash metal's rhythmic precision from Manchester. Formed in 2020, they occupy the intersection of modern and classic approaches to heavy riffing.
Steel Mammoth evolved from stoner/psychedelic rock into heavy metal and punk from the western Finnish port of Pori, tracing a trajectory that broadened their sonic range. Active since 2017, they bring mammoth-scale versatility to the Satakunta scene.
Nashville heavy metal band formed in 2011, carving out a hard-edged niche in a city more commonly associated with country music, drawing on classic American and British heavy metal roots.
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