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Necromanteum (2023)
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Vertigo (Sunbather: 10th Anniversary Remix / Remaster) (2023)
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We Three Kings (Metal Holiday) (2015)
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Edge of Paradise is a Los Angeles-based heavy metal band formed in 2011 by vocalist Margarita Monet and guitarist Dave Bates. Known for blending melodic metal with industrial and classical elements built around Monet's broad vocal range, the band released their debut Mask in 2011 before signing with Napalm Records. They have toured extensively with Lacuna Coil, Symphony X, DragonForce, and Amaranthe, releasing six albums through Prophecy (2025).
Los Angeles newcomers forged in 2025, Edicius crash together heavy metal muscle, thrash aggression, and hardcore attitude into a raw, street-level racket. Early days, but the formula is combative and direct.
A fresh face on the Fresno heavy metal scene since 2023, Electric Eels play hard rock-inflected heavy metal with enough bite to keep traditionalists happy and enough groove to pull in the uninitiated.
San Francisco's Electric Punishment have kept the faith with traditional heavy metal since 2014, operating through their own label imprint and maintaining a no-frills, working-class approach to the genre.
Anaheim's Elixir have been keeping the power metal flame burning in Southern California since 2008, dealing in soaring vocals, galloping double bass, and anthemic choruses built for arenas but honed in clubs.
San Diego's Elysian blend traditional heavy metal with hard rock's melodic accessibility, a combination that keeps the music approachable without sacrificing the weight that makes it worth returning to.
Hailing from the Inland Empire city of Fontana, this California power metal outfit blends soaring clean vocals with twin-guitar harmonies that land somewhere between classic US heavy metal and European power metal pageantry.
Hailing from the Sierra Nevada foothills of Pine Grove, California, Entropathy bring a classic heavy metal ethos to an area better known for pine trees than power chords, formed in 2019.
San Diego thrash/heavy metal band tapping into the California coast's deep tradition of aggressive, sun-bleached metal — riff-forward and no-frills, built for the pit.
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