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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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San Francisco's Electric Punishment have kept the faith with traditional heavy metal since 2014, operating through their own label imprint and maintaining a no-frills, working-class approach to the genre.
Electric Temple is a U.S. heavy metal act formed in 2011 whose blend of hard rock-adjacent riffing and traditional metal structures suggests a devotion to the classic form that transcends geography.
Born on Cape Cod in 2021, Electric Tomb play heavy doom metal with an air of coastal isolation, their slow, tolling riffs carrying a kind of nautical bleakness that makes the Hyannis origins feel fitting.
Washington State's Element of Fate bring sweeping orchestration to traditional heavy metal, pairing symphonic grandeur with classic metal structures in a project formed in 2022 that aims squarely for the epic.
Out of Nags Head on the Outer Banks, Elephant play epic heavy metal shaped by the wide Atlantic horizons of their coastal North Carolina home — formed in 2018, they bring genuine weight to a style that rewards it.
Baker City, Oregon's Eleven .44 play hard rock-flavored heavy metal from one of the most remote corners of the American West, a band shaped by small-town grit and formed in 2018 far from any major scene.
Rochester, New York's Elfspell conjure epic doom and traditional heavy metal with a mythological scale, their sound since 2015 built on massive clean vocals, crushing riffs, and a commitment to the genre's most grandiose traditions.
Rising from the volcanic terrain of Volcano, Hawaii, Eliptic bring a traditional heavy metal sensibility to one of the most geographically isolated scenes in the country, forging songs that feel both timeless and distinctly apart.
Anaheim's Elixir have been keeping the power metal flame burning in Southern California since 2008, dealing in soaring vocals, galloping double bass, and anthemic choruses built for arenas but honed in clubs.
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