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Days of Ruin (2020)
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Split - EP (2015)
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Meditations I (2026)
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Heavy metal band from Uintah, Utah, active since 2008, pursuing a traditional metal direction on their own terms without label backing.
Salt Lake City's Call of Madness fuse melodic death and traditional heavy metal into a dynamic sound that has been active since 2016, balancing brutality with accessible hooks.
San Diego's Call of the Wild blend heavy, doom, and stoner metal with hard rock into a thick, riff-driven sound that has been rolling since 2020.
Seattle's Camarosmith blended heavy and stoner metal with hard rock swagger during their run in the 2000s, later surfacing on Weedian Records' 2023 Trip to Washington compilation.
Austin heavy and power metal outfit that blended classic metal songcraft with the soaring energy of the power metal tradition.
Burlington, Vermont heavy metal and hard rock act that released at least one single before dissolving.
Maine death metal outfit active in the mid-to-late 1990s on Rattle Snake Records, playing straightforward death metal before disbanding — distinct from the Minnesota thrash act of the same name.
Juneau, Alaska thrash and heavy metal band formed around 2020 that released material independently before splitting up.
Albany, New York heavy metal band active since 2008, operating in the traditional metal vein as an independent act.
Heavy metal band out of Zion, Illinois, carrying on the traditional metal approach with a sound rooted in the late-80s and early-90s regional underground scene.
Florida-based heavy metal act formed in 2026, bringing a fresh voice to the state's active metal community with a straightforward approach to the genre's classic sounds.
Columbia, South Carolina heavy metal veterans formed in 1990, representing the enduring spirit of the South Carolina underground during the genre's early-90s regional boom.
Brooklyn outfit pulling from doom, traditional heavy metal, and thrash to craft a sound that is equal parts crushing and driving, occupying a gritty crossroads between old-school weight and aggressive momentum.
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.
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