Aerik Von is a New York City-based multi-genre solo artist whose work spans heavy metal, hard rock, punk, and synthwave. With a catalog including the sprawling fifteen-track "Shadow Empire" and anniversary reissues, Von is a one-person creative force whose output defies easy categorization.

Aesir is a remarkably prolific thrash metal solo project from Croton Falls, New York. With nine releases across just three years (2023-2025), including three full-lengths and six EPs, the project maintains a relentless output of riff-driven thrash spanning conceptual territory from sci-fi to existential themes.

New York City death metal project. The name — evoking eternity — channels timeless brutality from Manhattan.

Central Islip, Long Island thrash metal project. Suburban suffering rendered as speed metal aggression.

Afflitus is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from the Bronx, New York City. Their 2005 EP "Promises You Can't Keep" packs ten tracks into a single release, blending the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian death metal with the urgency of New York hardcore.

After the Storm is a symphonic metal band from Pensacola, Florida. The band has released their single "Untitled." Their sound layers orchestral grandeur over a foundation of extreme metal.

New York City djent and progressive metal project. Forward-thinking heaviness from the world's cultural capital.

Afterworldsmen is a melodic death metal band from New York City. With two EPs — "The Youngest Virtue" (2019) and the self-titled 2025 release — the band brings melodic death metal craftsmanship to the NYC metal scene.

Against the Current formed in Poughkeepsie in 2011 and grew from a YouTube-era pop-rock band into an international alternative act with clear pop-punk roots. Chrissy Costanza, Dan Gow, and Will Ferri first built momentum through covers and independent EPs, then developed their own catalog with Infinity and Gravity. In Our Bones established a polished full-length identity with "Running with the Wild Things," "Wasteland," and "Young & Relentless," while Past Lives moved toward sleeker synth-pop and alternative rock. Later singles and Fever brought back more bite, and "Legends Never Die," created with League of Legends, carried the band to a much wider global audience. Against the Current fit punk scope through pop punk and alternative-rock context, especially in their early writing, touring, and scene relationships. They are melodic and highly polished, but the core appeal remains guitar-driven urgency, big choruses, and Costanza's commanding vocal presence. The band works best when pop clarity and rock momentum reinforce each other, turning self-doubt and defiance into songs built for immediate lift.