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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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Danvers, Massachusetts death metal band incorporating groove metal's rhythmic punch into their sound, favoring mid-paced brutality and thick, churning riff work since 2019.
A Syracuse heavy metal band with over two decades of momentum, delivering melodic, hard-hitting metal with a polished edge and strong songwriting rooted in the classic American heavy metal tradition.
Pittsburgh heavy metal outfit drawing on the city's blue-collar rock tradition to deliver punchy, riff-forward metal with a classic sensibility and the kind of no-frills directness the Steel City is known for.
Portsmouth, VA heavy metal outfit drawing on Virginia's understated but resilient metal scene, delivering straightforward, riff-driven material with a gritty, no-frills commitment to traditional heavy metal values.
Furious Thrash / Heavy Metal out of Texas.
Cincinnati heavy and stoner metal band fusing fuzz-drenched riffs and swaggering grooves with the hard-rock DNA that underpins classic heavy metal.
Sacramento act blending technical death metal with progressive structures and thrash-driven aggression, channeling complex rhythmic shifts into a sound that feels both cerebral and visceral.
Cassius King traffic in slow, hazy heaviness out of Ramsey, NJ, combining doom's funeral weight with stoner rock's warm fuzz for a sound built on thick riffs and deliberate, oppressive pacing.
San Francisco's Castle deal in heavy, riff-forward doom with a traditional heavy metal backbone, favoring massive guitar tones and a bluesy, earth-shaking heaviness over experimental detours.
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