Lizzy Borden is a Los Angeles heavy metal band formed in 1983 by vocalist Gregory Charles Harges, who performs and records under the band's name, and drummer Joey Scott. Rooted in the shock rock theatrics of Alice Cooper and Kiss, the band signed to Metal Blade Records in 1984 and released a string of albums through the late 1980s, reaching their commercial peak with Visual Lies (1987). After a prolonged hiatus, Lizzy Borden returned with My Midnight Things (2018), their first album in eleven years, which charted on the Billboard 200.

South San Francisco's Lokheira arrived in 2023 with a power metal sound built on soaring vocals, galloping rhythms, and the wide-open ambition of the Bay Area's metal tradition.

Madison's Lords of the Trident make theatrical, high-octane heavy and power metal with comic-book mythology and earnest commitment to hooks, anthems, and all things epic.

Clearwater, Florida's Loupgarou bring a shape-shifting intensity to power metal and hard rock, conjuring the name's werewolf mythology in melodic, hook-laden surges.

Tacoma's Luminator emerged in 2022 with a bright-edged take on power metal, channeling the Pacific Northwest's brooding energy into soaring riffs and anthemic hooks. A young band already pushing the genre's melodic upper limits.

Blazing Heavy / Power Metal from Lyra.