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Borealis Progressive metal that has been influenced by various similar styles. Cessation of Life Heavy guitar work with drums and vocals to compliment, a definite must hear. Devastator Hard and heavy old school thrash metal band with a raw destructive sound. Dewfall A different approach at death metal, mixing three different styles of vocals. A must have for fans of death metal. Entropia Thrash metal encompassing all the elements that make thrash metal awesome. Great Kat, The Speed classical metal guitarist goddess. Imagika Bay Area thrash sound that kicks you and never stops!! Night By Night Melodic hard rock fronted by "Sisters of Mercy" guitarist, Ben Christo. Retaliation Process Intelligent mixed-breed metal showcasing talent, emotion and musical skill. Rise Intense, intelligent extreme metal with intricate guitar work and a sophisticated style. Scarlet Claw Melodic deathcore/death metal from The Netherlands Seasons of the Wolf Metal with an interesting edge to it, keeps you craving more as you listen to them. SorrowfulAngels Melodic goth metal band from Athens, Greece. Soulidium Powerful alternative metal with elements of goth piercing into the sonic chaos that is Soulidium. Thaurorod Melodic metal from Finland featuring a powerful blend of speed of harmony. Trauma Technical death metal from Poland. Diverse and powerful with intricate time changes and rhythms. Unsun A combination of goth metal and melodic death metal stylings. Darkness and light opposed and combined. Back to Top

Bands You Should Be Listening To
Ayin Aleph Unique female goth/horror metal with influences all over the place. It is nice to find bands like this are not afraid to break molds and be themselves. Haunting vocals ranging from screams to whispers, operatic arias and more, this band is well worth checking out. Blessed by a Broken Heart Fast modern metal with dual harmonized vocals, scream vocals and hair metal band style backing vocals. Very fun to listen to and not the same as everything else. Heavy enough without being out of touch with the mainstream sound. Dying Regret San Diego based metalcore band similar in sound to Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, etc. Well structured songs and very talented. End of Eden San Diego based technical death metal with proficient skill and strong songwriting ability. Illogicist Technical death metal successfully blended with progressive metal elements and structure. Very impressive and well worth a listen. Illustria Power speed metal from Brazil in the vein of Helloween. Speed, clarity, and vision all brought together to form what may be the next powerhouse of Euro-style speed metal. Internal Corrosion Southern California base thrash metal with that tell tale California thrash sound. Speed changes, crunching guitars, mosh pit all the way music. Order of Ennead Black metal from Tampa, FL with numerous progressive influences. This band is a perfect hybrid of the progressive metal sound and the "Euro" style balck metal. Skeletonwitch Black/death metal gods who understand that black metal is not just super-fast music with screams. This band structures their songs to have meaning and purpose. There are elements of thrash metal rhythms throughout their music giving a "different" sound than a lot of their contemporaries. Sorrowful Angels Metal band with goth rock elements and an incredible balance of gentle and strong music coming together to form an enjoyable sound well worth listening to. Sothis Symphonic black metal from Los Angeles. Very influenced, but not clones of, bands like Dimmu Borgir. Extremely talented and they bring their own elements to this style of black metal. Suffokate Death metal from Northern California. Strong technical skills, creative song structure and vocal talent all add up to a must listen band. Suicidal Angels Good old fashioned thrash metal, full of speed changes, fast rhythms and vocals. Back to Top