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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Danse Macabre (2022)
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Shame On Me (2022)
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Los Angeles' Shire plays melodic heavy metal with a hard rock sensibility, bringing a classically-minded approach to hook-driven riffing and clean vocal power to the sprawling Southern California metal scene since 2013.
Milwaukee's Shit Outta Luck blends heavy metal muscle with stoner rock's riff-first sensibility and hard rock swagger, making them a natural fit for the Wisconsin bar-circuit heavy sound since 2012.
Gaffney, South Carolina's Shock Opera fuse classic heavy metal's melodic power with progressive metal's compositional ambition, arriving at a dramatic, layered sound that stands out from the small-city underground scene where they emerged in 2023.
Boston heavy metal band Shock Pussy formed in 2020 with a sound rooted in the hard-hitting, riff-driven traditions of classic heavy metal, bringing a raw, unapologetic energy to the Northeast's long-standing metal scene.
Cincinnati heavy metal band Shocker have been playing hard rock-inflected traditional metal since 2013, drawing from the deep well of classic American heavy metal while keeping the sound grounded and direct in the Midwest tradition.
A Las Vegas heavy metal act formed in 2024, Shockwave carry on the classic hard-hitting traditions of the genre, bringing a clean, arena-ready sensibility to Sin City's growing underground metal community.
Cleveland's Shok Paris carry the torch for Midwestern heavy and power metal, reviving the band under that name in 2020 and returning to the melodic, fist-pumping anthemic metal that made the original lineup a cult favorite in the Ohio heavy metal underground.
Chicago heavy metal outfit Shokker have been working the traditional end of the spectrum since 2017, bringing the Windy City's street-level intensity to a sound rooted in classic riff-driven metal without much concession to modern trends.
Tampa heavy metal and hard rock band Shot formed in 2012, operating under the umbrella of Florida's heavily populated metal scene while keeping their sound rooted in the more classic, riff-forward end of the heavy metal spectrum.
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