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Dog Pack (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Ode to Brinn (2024)
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New York heavy metal practitioners who have been delivering no-nonsense traditional metal workouts since 2018, built on strong riffs and classic structures that trust the songs to speak for themselves.
New York guitarist Jack Starr is a veteran of the classic heavy metal era, known for his early work with Virgin Steele, whose later output spans from hard rock to blues-tinged territory while never abandoning the melodic sensibility that defined his early career.
A New York hard rock and heavy metal act active since 2016, Kamakaze draw on the classic voltage of traditional heavy metal while bringing a contemporary edge to well-worn sounds. Unpretentious and loud in equal measure.
Staten Island's Killen play traditional heavy metal with the no-nonsense working-class energy of the outer boroughs, formed in 2016 and drawing on the timeless vocabulary of riff-driven power and melodic hooks.
New York's Killerwatts charge through thrash and heavy metal with an electrified aggression that suits the name, formed in 2012 and built around the genre's fundamental pleasures: velocity, volume, and riffs that don't let up.
Out of Queens, New York, Lace bring a traditional heavy metal punch sharpened on the streets of New York City. Formed in 2016, they channel classic NWOBHM energy through a distinctly American lens.
Franklin Square's Leeds Point tap into Long Island's blue-collar metal tradition, blending heavy and stoner metal into a riff-heavy, earthy sound that has been growing steadily since 2014.
Brooklyn's Legend have been hauling classic heavy metal into the present tense since 2012, favoring doomier tempos and a shadowy atmosphere that suits their borough's industrial corners. Riff-centered and uncommonly patient, they play metal like it was meant to last.
New York's Lord Papus play heavy metal steeped in occult mysticism, channeling the ceremonial into driving, riff-led compositions since their 2023 formation.
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