Ceres is a New York power and heavy metal band crafting anthemic, melody-driven material with a emphasis on powerful vocals and driving guitar work. Their sound draws from the classic US and European power metal traditions.

Formed by drummer Richard Christy and featuring a rotating cast of established heavy metal figures, New York's Charred Walls of the Damned fuses melodic power metal with thrash-inflected intensity and a polished, technically accomplished sound. The project channels the high-energy songwriting sensibility that Christy honed during his years behind the kit in Death and Iced Earth.

Suffern, New York guitarist Chris Caffery is best known as a longtime member of Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but his solo catalog explores darker, heavier territory in power and progressive metal. A veteran of the genre's upper tier.

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.

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.