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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Wake up Dead (feat. Dave Mustaine) (2022)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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SSR is a Houston, Texas progressive/technical power-thrash metal band formed in 2022, blending the technical complexity of progressive metal with the aggressive drive of thrash and the melodic ambition of power metal.
Portland, Oregon power/thrash metal band formed in 2012, State of the Art combines the soaring vocals and anthemic drive of power metal with the speed and aggression of thrash.
Philadelphia progressive power metal band formed in 2022, combining the anthemic melodic drive of power metal with the structural complexity and technical ambition of the progressive tradition.
Milwaukee power metal band formed in 2016, pursuing the bombastic melodic grandeur and soaring vocal style central to the European-influenced American power metal tradition.
Veteran Los Angeles progressive power metal band formed in 1995, recognized for elaborate compositions, technically proficient musicianship, and a decade-spanning catalog that helped define the American progressive power metal underground.
Radford, Virginia power and heavy metal band formed in 2012, delivering muscular traditional metal with an emphasis on strong melodic songwriting and classic heavy metal song structures.
Sacramento heavy and power metal band formed in 2011, combining the anthemic drive of power metal with the directness and grit of traditional heavy metal in the American style.
Levittown, New York power and thrash metal band formed in 2012, fusing the melodic ambition of power metal with the aggressive riffing and speed of thrash for a hybrid sound rooted in East Coast metal tradition.
Los Angeles power metal band formed in 2018, delivering the soaring vocals, polished production, and anthemic songwriting that characterize the genre's most accessible and melodically driven wing.
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