Heavy Heavy Metal from Dallas.

Heavy/thrash metal band from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, formed in 2015, rooted in the hard rock and classic thrash tradition with a Midwestern directness to their approach.

Syre is a heavy/power metal band from New Jersey, formed in 2013, crafting melodic, guitar-driven music rooted in classic heavy metal with the soaring ambition of the power metal tradition.

Syren is a heavy/power metal band from Whittier, California, formed in 2013, delivering melodic, hook-driven metal influenced by classic American and European power metal traditions.

Epic Progressive Heavy / Power Metal from San Antonio.

T.T. Quick formed in Osbornville, New Jersey in 1979 and spent years building a following in the New York/New Jersey club circuit before signing with Megaforce Records — alongside Metallica, Anthrax, and Overkill — in the early 1980s. Their breakthrough full-length Metal of Honor (1986) on Island Records, produced by Max Norman, cemented their reputation as a sharp heavy metal act, and vocalist Mark Tornillo later became the frontman of Accept in 2009. The band reunited in the 2000s and again in later years, releasing a new album of mid-1980s-era material in 2022.

Buffalo's Takken have been flying the flag for traditional heavy metal since 2013, drawing from the classic NWOBHM playbook without apology or irony. There's a directness to their craft — twin guitar leads, anthemic hooks, and the kind of chest-forward riffing that made metal matter in the first place.

Talas formed in Buffalo, New York in 1974 as a regional power trio anchored by bassist Billy Sheehan, whose virtuosic technique drew widespread attention when the band opened thirty shows for Van Halen in 1980. The band released a self-titled debut in 1979 and several independent records including Sink Your Teeth into That (1982) and the live album Live Speed on Ice (1983) before Sheehan departed in 1985 to join David Lee Roth's band. In 2022, Sheehan reunited with former Talas members to record 1985, an album of material written during the band's final lineup era.

San Diego's Talisman forged their heavy/power metal sound in 2021, arriving with the sun-drenched energy of Southern California filtered through towering riffs and soaring melodies. They lean into the more muscular end of power metal — less symphonic flash, more fist-in-the-air conviction rooted in classic heavy metal songwriting.