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Cry For Me (2024)
Featured Black Metal Album
Goldstar (24-bit HD audio) (2025)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
Mercury (2024)
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Stonehenge is a heavy metal band from Albany, New York, formed in 2013, part of the upstate New York metal scene and committed to the no-frills songcraft of traditional heavy metal.
Stormriders is a stoner/doom metal band from New York City, formed in 2024, blending the hazy, fuzz-drenched heaviness of stoner metal with the slow, crushing momentum of doom.
Stormtrooper is an epic heavy/power metal band from Queens, New York, formed in 2022, building on the tradition of grandiose, lyrically mythic power metal with a focus on epic song structures and soaring vocals.
New York metalcore band formed in 2024, drawing on the genre's synthesis of hardcore aggression and metal riffing to produce confrontational, high-energy material.
Heavy metal band from Queens, New York City with roots going back to 1996, representing the enduring traditional metal scene of the New York metro area with a sound grounded in classic American heavy metal.
New York post-black metal and shoegaze band formed in 2020, combining the abrasive tremolo-picked intensity of black metal with the ethereal, heavily reverbed textures of shoegaze to create immersive, emotionally layered soundscapes.
Deathcore and death metal band from Oriskany, New York, formed in 2008, one of the longer-running acts in the Central New York extreme metal underground. Their sound moved from death-thrash roots toward the breakdown-heavy intensity of deathcore.
Death metal band from Troy, New York, formed in 2010, contributing to the upstate New York underground with a straightforward, brutality-focused approach to the genre.
New York experimental groove metal band formed in 2013, combining the low-end churn of groove metal with unconventional song structures and experimental sonic detours.
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New York Metal Index is an index of New York heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the New York metal scene.