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Ultimate Rarest Trax! 1981-1983 (2024)
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Sunday People [HVNMD001] (2023)
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Blazing Power Metal from Scottsdale, Arizona (early); Austin, Texas (later).
Toms River, New Jersey heavy and power metal band formed in 2023, working in the tradition of classic metal with a focus on strong melodic songwriting and heavy riffing.
Suede Wilson is a progressive power metal project from Lafayette, Louisiana, formed in 2017, blending melodic power metal with progressive rock arrangements, electronic elements, and dark ambient passages into an eclectic and unconventional sound.
Sullvation is a Chicago, Illinois progressive heavy/power metal band formed in 2022, weaving together melodic power metal hooks, progressive structures, and the raw energy of classic heavy metal.
Sunken Meadow is a Long Island, New York band formed in 2012 that plays technical power/thrash metal, blending the precision and speed of thrash with the melodic ambition and guitar work of power metal.
Heavy Progressive Heavy / Power / Death Metal out of Texas.
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Surrealist is a progressive and power metal band from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, formed in 2016 and recognized for their technically sophisticated approach to melodic metal, blending virtuosic musicianship with ambitious songwriting.
Surrender is a heavy metal band from Pasadena, California, formed in 2011, rooted in the classic heavy metal sound of Southern California's historically fertile underground with a straightforward, riff-centered approach.
Swarzo is a symphonic and power metal band from Wilton, New Hampshire, formed in 2020, building melodic, orchestrally enriched metal in the tradition of European power metal.
Nashville outfit formed in 2022 that mashes together sludge metal's crushing low-end, powerviolence urgency, and power metal's aggression into a deliberately abrasive and genre-defiant sound.
Punta Gorda, Florida band formed in 2010 that has evolved considerably over its career, beginning in progressive power metal before gravitating toward a harder groove and thrash metal sound with a consistently wide-ranging musical sensibility.
Oklahoma City heavy and power metal band formed in 2025, blending traditional metal muscle with melodic power metal sensibilities on the emerging Oklahoma City scene.
Pittsburgh power and progressive metal band formed in 2015, drawing on the melodic ambition and technical sophistication that define the intersection of those two genres.
Syre is a heavy/power metal band from New Jersey, formed in 2013, crafting melodic, guitar-driven music rooted in classic heavy metal with the soaring ambition of the power metal tradition.
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