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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Head Cage (2018)
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The Second Coming (1988)
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Chicago's Tracer X emerged in 2017 with a focus on heavy and power metal, bringing soaring vocal lines and twin-guitar arrangements to the Midwest's enduring metal scene.
Intense Heavy Metal / Hard Rock out of Texas.
A heavy and power metal outfit from San Mateo, California, Tramontane bring a classic European flavor to the Bay Area scene — soaring vocals, twin guitar harmonies, and a knack for epic song structures rooted in the NWOBHM tradition.
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A New Jersey heavy metal act formed in 2018, Transgression keep it straightforward and hard-hitting, channeling classic metal energy through a modern lens without straying far from the genre's foundational aggression.
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Springfield, Missouri's Transylvania lean into the Gothic mythology their name implies, delivering traditional heavy metal with a horror-tinted sensibility that fits the Ozarks' gothic underbelly since their 2017 founding.
Riverside, California's Trapmaker play straight-ahead heavy metal with a no-frills approach rooted in the classic American tradition, forming in 2017 and building a steady presence in the Inland Empire scene.
Detroit's Traumatize have been forging a hybrid of heavy and thrash metal since 2011, bringing the Motor City's industrial toughness to a sound that leans into classic riff construction and aggressive delivery.
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