Kenosha, Wisconsin's Nick Fury brings hard-knuckled heavy metal and hard rock to the rust belt, armed with riffs that hit as hard as the name suggests. Blue-collar metal muscle with serious swagger.

Born in Albuquerque in 2024, Night Child runs crossover thrash into hardcore's wall of noise at full speed, all sharp elbows and no brakes. High desert aggression with a punk spine and metal teeth.

Supergroup featuring members of Venomous Maximus, Necrofier, and punk act Bickley. Laser-focused 80s metal worship with punk grit, signed to Germany's High Roller Records.

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Nashua, New Hampshire's Nightrider have been flying the flag for traditional heavy metal since 1984, a four-decade run of stubborn, leather-and-steel devotion to the genre's golden-era ideals. True lifers in every sense.

Kansas City's Nightshade emerged in 2023 carrying the torch of classic heavy metal with a hard rock edge, blending muscular riffs and anthemic songwriting rooted in the American heartland. Still in their early days, they represent a young voice in Missouri's underground metal scene with a sound firmly planted in the traditional mold.

Evansville, Indiana's Nine Stitches draw from heavy metal, power metal, and thrash simultaneously, resulting in a sound with both melodic ambition and raw bite since forming in 2016. They represent the kind of genre-blending traditionalism that thrives in Midwest scenes removed from the pressure to follow coastal trends.

Savage Black Metal / Punk from Austin.

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