Power Trip with 200 Stab Wounds, Castle Rat, and more

Power Trip, from Dallas, merges Hardcore, Metal, and Punk into high-energy music. Known for "Executioner's Tax," they won Best Metal Song at the 2017 Loudwire Awards and got a Grammy nod in 2020. They've toured globally, playing with Cannibal Corpse and others, becoming a mainstay in the heavy music scene.

Cleveland's 200 Stab Wounds, known for their intense death metal, return with "Manual Manic Procedures," a brutal follow-up to their debut "Slave to the Scalpel."

Brooklyn’s Castle Rat is a Medieval Fantasy Heavy Metal band led by Riley Pinkerton. Known for epic stoner/doom sounds, they've toured the US Southwest and played DesertFest NYC.

Gatecreeper, born in Arizona, are death metal specialists known for their melodic and memorable style. Their album "Dark Superstition," likened to pivotal works by Entombed and Dismember, explores themes of the supernatural and reflects the influence of Arizona's Superstition Mountains. Formed in 2013, they rose to prominence with their self-titled 2014 EP and 2016 debut album "Sonoran Depravation." Their first release on Nuclear Blast showcases refined song structures.