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If ever hear anybody complaining that there's a real lack of heavy metal out there then you
could probably assume that they don't have the motivation or the ingenuity to seek things out.
There are literally thousands of bands out there with sample songs available on compilations and websites
that would love to get 30 seconds to 10 minutes of your time just to listen to what they can do.
We're always coming across new and underground stuff, so for each column, we're gonna list songs and
bands that you might want to check out and for any of you with file sharing/download programs
(free or pay, we're not getting into the ethics involved), we're going to list some classic stuff to consider also.
New and Underground Metal
Aftershok - War
Machine - Ex-members of Shok Paris, classic US power metal!
Avenue F - I
Need You - Good, solid romp of rock and roll, featuring ex-Ballistik Kick members.
Crystal Eyes - Highland Revenge - Great
Swedish power metal like Helloween, Gamma Ray, and Easy Rider.
Deceased - The
Funeral Parlour's Secret - New track from Arlington, Virginia's thrash legends.
Eidolon - Hallowed Apparition -
Roaring power metal from Canada.
Final Dawn - Solemn
Art - New death metal act that stems from the early days of death metal.
Griffin - The Sentence -
(Video) Incredible new wave of British heavy metal from Norway. Produced by Children Of
Bodom mastermind Alexi Laiho.
Johnny Lokke - Wrecking Ball - Great US
power metal from the heartland, Johnny Lokke combines the essential sounds of Winter's
Bane, Primal Fear, and prime era Judas Priest.
Lilitu - Unhallowed
Be Thy Shame - Georgia based metal band that play Gothenburg styled death ala In
Flames and Shadow's Fall.
Necrodemon - Apparition -
Fast, brutal chugging ala early Morbid Angel, laced with Bathory/Venom stylings.
Perzonal War - D.O.P
- If Metallica had continued after "...And Justice For All"
Powercrue - On The
Run - German power metal, old brew style.
Spiral Madness - Wolfhearts
- Polish death thrash in the same vein as Bolt Thrower, Benediction, and Vader.
Stormwarrior - Valhalla - Fast,
teutonic German power metal.
Witchburner - Hexenhammer
- This band plays fast, chaotic mayhem in the same vein as Violent Force, Sodom, and old
Kreator.
Classic Tracks to Consider
Axel Rudi Pell - Nightmares - Powerful German metal guitarist, with
the legendary Jeff Scott Soto on vocals.
Blessed Death - Into The Ovens - Furious thrash metal from New Jersey
circa 1985.
Cinderella - Nobody's Fool - Power yanker from their big days with HOT
video chick.
Helstar - Dark Queen - Classic US power band led by the charismatic James
Rivera (Destiny's End, Seven Witches).
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing - groovy, head shakin, alt-metal
hit.
Nasty Savage - Gladiator - Amazing early 80s US power/thrash. Completely
ripped off by Iced Earth! Soaring vocals by Nasty Ronnie, and a crunchy, fast assault from
the band.
Overkill - Deathrider - Rare track from Metal Massacre V. Never released
on an Overkill album. 100% honest, working man's metal. Overkill will never die!!!
Ozzy - Thank God For The Bomb - tight number from the Jake E. Lee era
about Mutually Assured Destruction.
Rush - Trees - Pretty cool pro-union power allegory from progsters.
WASP - Blind in Texas - Drinkin yourself stupid in the Lone Star State.
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