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Featured Album
Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Grindcore Album
Head Cage (2018)
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Featured Power Metal Album
The Second Coming (1988)
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Heavy metal act serving up traditional metal sensibilities — muscular riffs, commanding vocals, and a straight-ahead drive that keeps the spirit of classic metal firmly alive.
Lebanon, Oregon heavy metal act rooted in classic metal conviction, wielding chunky riffs and a blue-collar intensity that echoes the Pacific Northwest's underground metal community.
California heavy metal act bringing a no-frills, high-energy approach to the genre — catchy riffs, driving rhythms, and a hard-hitting attitude that gets straight to the point.
Raleigh heavy metal outfit delivering meat-and-potatoes traditional metal with down-tuned authority, channeling the Southern spirit of their region into a hard-charging sound.
Big Sandy, Texas heavy metal band carrying the lone-star underground tradition with blunt, hard-hitting riffs and a raw, working-class intensity rooted in deep East Texas.
Edmonds, Washington heavy and progressive metal band blending the melodic ambition of progressive music with the muscular authority of traditional heavy metal in the Pacific Northwest.
Massachusetts heavy metal act bringing a hard-nosed, no-nonsense approach to the genre — direct songwriting, thick riffs, and an unembellished heaviness grounded in the New England scene.
Salt Lake City heavy metal band forging their sound against the backdrop of Utah's isolated underground, delivering straightforward, hard-hitting metal with a desert-dry intensity.
Queens, New York groove and heavy metal act carrying the borough's working-class grit through heavy mid-tempo riffs and a street-hardened edge forged in the New York underground.
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