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Featured Album
SUCKERPUNCH (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
On The Hunt (2023)
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Heavy metal band from Branson, Missouri, active since 2010, delivering no-frills traditional metal rooted in the hard rock and classic metal aesthetics of the Midwest.
Houston, Texas stoner metal and rock outfit formed in 2023, channeling fuzz-drenched riffs and heavy grooves consistent with the South Texas heavy rock underground.
Miami, Florida doom metal project formed in 2021, conjuring occult-tinged, slow-burning heaviness with an atmosphere reflective of the South Florida underground.
Tallahassee, Florida doom and stoner metal band formed in 2013, blending hazy psychedelic riffs with lumbering sludge tempos in the tradition of Southern fuzz-doom.
Named after the iconic John Carpenter antihero, this Moberly, Missouri band formed in 2017 and plays groove-inflected crossover thrash with a streetwise, pit-tested energy.
Grand Rapids, Michigan stoner and sludge metal band formed in 2013, combining bong-thick riffs with the murky, swampy undertones typical of the Midwest sludge underground.
Seattle, Washington heavy metal and punk rock band formed in 2022, drawing on the city's rich rock lineage to deliver high-energy traditional metal with a raw, street-level bite.
Clarksburg, West Virginia stoner and Southern metal band formed in 2013, building a sound rooted in Appalachian grit and the greasy, riff-heavy traditions of Southern hard rock.
San Diego, California heavy metal band formed in 2025, carrying on the traditions of classic American heavy metal in Southern California.
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