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Featured Album
Necromanteum (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Vertigo (Sunbather: 10th Anniversary Remix / Remaster) (2023)
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Featured Power Metal Album
We Three Kings (Metal Holiday) (2015)
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17 bands found
Sound Cancer is a power/thrash metal band from Oceanside, California, formed in 2005, fusing the melodic precision of power metal with the crunching aggression of thrash across two decades of activity.
Spellbinder is a power metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2001, delivering soaring, melodically driven power metal with the high-register vocals and twin-guitar harmonies characteristic of the American power metal style.
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.
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.
Stentorian is a heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2016. They play traditional heavy metal with an emphasis on powerful vocals and driving riffs, working within the rich and competitive LA metal scene.
Stormblade is a traditional heavy metal band from Santa Ana, California, formed in 2017, drawing from the classic NWOBHM and American heavy metal playbook with sharp, melodic riffwork.
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.
Syren is a heavy/power metal band from Whittier, California, formed in 2013, delivering melodic, hook-driven metal influenced by classic American and European power metal traditions.
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