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Oxygen (2024)
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Correction (2022)
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Kentucky Fried Killing (2008)
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Syracuse heavy metal act Cheat 2 Win delivers straightforward, unpretentious metal with the gritty determination of Upstate New York's working-class underground. Their music is built for the live stage — loud, direct, and unambiguous.
Staten Island heavy/power metal band Cities have been delivering high-octane traditional metal since the 1980s, and their anthemic choruses and twin-guitar energy helped define the New York heavy metal underground. Their legacy looms large among East Coast metal die-hards.
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Brooklyn's Clovis play a wall-of-sound doom and stoner rock blend steeped in grunge and classic heavy riffing. Their self-titled LP documents a band content to let the volume speak for itself.
Queens, New York groove and heavy metal act carrying the borough's working-class grit through heavy mid-tempo riffs and a street-hardened edge forged in the New York underground.
Bronx heavy/thrash outfit Critikill Mass channel the gritty street energy of New York City into a hard-hitting blend of classic metal muscle and crossover aggression.
Long Island heavy metal band Crom pay homage to the sword-and-sorcery mythology of Robert E. Howard, crafting epic, riff-forward metal steeped in classic 80s tradition.
West Babylon's Crossfire forged a classic Long Island metal sound blending the melodic ambition of power metal with thrash's raw intensity. Active in the New York underground, they brought anthemic riffs and speed to the region's storied metal scene.
Schenectady, New York heavy metal band delivering classic riff-driven metal with an old-school underground sensibility. Czar NY works in the foundational tradition of American heavy metal with directness and heavy guitar work.
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