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Split Image is a heavy and thrash metal band from Campbell, California, formed in 2019, playing riff-driven traditional metal with a thrash edge rooted in the Bay Area's storied history with the genre.
Split Image is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from South Easton, Massachusetts, formed in 2019, combining hook-laden traditional metal with melodic hard rock in the classic New England style.
Split Point is a groove, thrash, and heavy metal band from New Jersey, formed in 2017, blending the syncopated punch of groove metal with the intensity of thrash in a hard-hitting style rooted in the Garden State's metal underground.
SplitImage is a heavy metal band from Modesto, California, formed in 2019, playing traditional heavy metal in the Central Valley's underground scene.
Wilmington, North Carolina's Sponsel play a hard-driving blend of heavy, power, and speed metal, channeling the high-energy urgency of the classic American metal underground since 2017.
Globe, Arizona heavy metal act Spungee Goodness formed in 2020, bringing classic heavy metal sensibilities to a small Arizona city outside the state's main metropolitan metal scenes.
Chicago, Illinois heavy metal band Spyderbone have been active since 2014, operating within the city's broad and long-standing heavy metal tradition with a direct, no-frills approach to the genre.
La Vergne, Tennessee heavy metal band Spyne formed in 2014, contributing to Middle Tennessee's underground metal community with a foundation in traditional heavy metal songwriting and delivery.
Chicago, Illinois heavy metal outfit Squadron have been active since 2013, drawing from the classic traditions of the genre and contributing to the city's enduring heavy metal underground.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Squall have combined heavy and stoner metal since 2012, blending muscular riff-driven songwriting with the hazy, groove-heavy influence of the stoner rock and metal traditions.
St Helens is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Kenosha, Wisconsin, formed in 2013, delivering a straightforward approach to traditional metal with rock-inflected hooks.
St. Elmos Fire is a Sacramento, California melodic heavy metal band formed in 2015, drawing on classic metal traditions with an emphasis on strong hooks and twin-guitar arrangements.
St. Madness is a Phoenix, Arizona heavy metal band with roots going back to the 1980s underground scene, known for their campy theatrical persona and long-running presence in the American metal underground.
Stadium Eternus is a Portland, Oregon band formed in 2017 that began with traditional heavy metal before evolving toward atmospheric black metal and ambient soundscapes, blending vast, ethereal textures with black metal's raw intensity.
Stage Crew is a heavy and thrash metal band from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, formed in 2013, playing energetic, riff-driven metal rooted in the classic American thrash and heavy metal tradition.
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