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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 band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2012, part of the city's enduring heavy metal tradition, drawing on classic riff-driven metal in a scene with deep roots going back to the earliest days of American heavy metal.
Heavy metal band from Leesburg, Virginia, formed in 2020, working within traditional metal frameworks with a modern edge.
Minneapolis heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2018, blending classic metal muscle with accessible hard rock hooks in the tradition of the genre's golden era.
Detroit thrash and heavy metal band formed in 2016, channeling the Motor City's hard-edged tradition into a sound that honors classic metal while maintaining contemporary urgency.
Toms River, New Jersey heavy and power metal band formed in 2023, working in the tradition of classic metal with a focus on strong melodic songwriting and heavy riffing.
SubtleFeud is a heavy metal band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2008, playing hard-edged traditional heavy metal with a hard rock sensibility rooted in the Midwest club circuit.
Suckerpunched is a heavy/thrash metal band from Galesburg, Illinois, formed in 2011, mixing classic heavy metal and punk-influenced thrash into a raw, no-frills assault from the Illinois underground.
Sudden Deaf is a heavy/doom metal band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2022, crafting slow, crushing riff-driven music that taps into the Lone Star capital's fertile heavy underground.
Sukulfuss is a Tampa, Florida band formed in 2023 fusing black metal's cold aggression with traditional heavy metal riffing into a blackened heavy metal sound.
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