We are about to enter the 4^th month of 2019 and already this has been an insane year for music. With many big name artists releasing new albums in 2019, many venues are packed out and known metal acts are further securing their names in the realm of heavy metal. With that, many new artists have been emerging as well that are packing clubs, bars and releasing new music to show the world that along with many big names, there are plenty of new ones as well.

Music in New York City has been thriving more than ever. Sure we have had certain venues close, bands break up and other trials and tribulations but in the end, as long as there are bands willing to play, the music scene will always thrive. Recently many bands have been representing the New York, New Jersey or Long Island scenes very well with their unique styles of music, their performances and now have been expanding outside their cities and state lines to show the world their craft and representing their home turf. While there are many bands tearing things up, here are a few that have been on the forefront of NY Metal

Solemn Vision have their new self titled full length debut out. These guys have come a long way. Formerly known as Spectral Voices, they took a brief hiatus to record their new music and came out from the ashes with a new name and full power. This band has all the elements anyone could enjoy about melodic death metal, black metal and progressive metal. A band that brings the brutality along with melody that can shake any crowd to its core and spawn a whole new fan base. Opening up for bands such as Kataklysm, Carach Angren and more, Solemn Vision have rocked the underground for a very long time and are now ready to surface and show the world just what they are made of.

The Machinist have been absolutely killing it in the NY scene. Just signing to Prosthetic Records, touring like crazy and having their new album Confidimus in Morte coming out 4/12, The Machinist have been keeping busy for the last couple of years. They combine elements of Dethcore, technical death metal and melodic death metal. Playing with band such as Fit for An Autopsy and plenty of bands in the Dethcore and Slam community, the Machinist has brought absolute slaughter to NYC and now bringing it across the country and soon, the rest of the world.

There is Max and Igor Cavalera, Joe and Mario Duplantier and now you got brothers Kevin and SJ of New Jersey Tech-Deathers, Sycarian. Sycarian has been on an absolute role lately. Opening up for bands such as Veil of Maya, Obscura, Beyond Creation and more, Sycarian brings the classic progressive and technical death metal elements from bands such as Gojira, Black Dahlia Murder, Archspire and more. With memorizing  sounds that can rock you to sleep only to hit you with intense riffs and guttural death metal growls that will scare you to death, Sycarian is ready to break outside New York and New Jersey to show the world their tech-death brutality.

Moon Tooth is a band that is showing the world that Glassjaw isn’t the only Long Island metal band that is ready to take over the world. Moon Tooth with their new album Crux, have been showing the world their intense song writing capabilities and are demolishing the stage as they do it. Touring with bands such Mark Morton of Lamb of God, Light the Torch, and now supporting Animals as Leaders and The Contortionist, Moon Tooth with their intensity, and unique sound, are able to play with anyone and get an awesome reaction no matter what.

What do you get when you take bands such as Insomnium, At the Gates, and Soilwork and combine it with classic metalcore acts such as Shadows Fall, Unearth or All that Remains, you get Dead City Crown. Dead City Crown is able to combine insane heaviness with beautiful melodies to spawn an intense pit. Opening for Insomnium this past June, many people didn’t know what to expect with the local opener. After that show ended, they had the entire crowd not forgetting who they are and spawned a circle pit that took up almost the entire floor at Gramercy Theater. With their new album Rex Mortuus coming out 4/5, and opening for Nile this November. Dead City Crown is ready to spawn never ending pits that will leave you limping away.

Valence proves that you don’t need a vocalist to showcase melody and/or heaviness. With their instrumental sound, they demonstrate intensity, melody and emotion with the sound of their shredding guitar sound. They have all the instrumental elements of Animals as Leaders, Chon, Polyphia and more. Their new album Cognitive Dissidents and a full tour to support it, will further prove their technical capabilities to shred and go all out with their guitar sound and at the same time, write very well structured songs that can say a whole lot. With songs titled “He tried to kill me with a forklift”, they don’t hold back with both their skills and sense of humor as well.

What is the sound of New York without hardcore and punk? The Muckrakers are able to reinforce the catchiness and fun of old school punk and hardcore. These 3 are absolute mad scientists with their sound as well as absolute maniacs on stage that will not leave any member of the audience static. Opening for acts such as D.R.I, Doyle and most recently CKY, The Muckrakers create absolute catchiness and fun with their post hardcore and punk rock sound.

Dissentience bring the classic elements of Death Metal and Thrash metal with their intense growls, riffs and god knows how many beats per minute. Rocking the scene in PA, they just dominated the Battle of the Bands at St Vitus and are about to head out to LA to compete for the Wacken Open Air slot. If you miss the Beneath the Remains era of Sepultura, this is a band that you must check out. Intense brutality that will not let go once this band grabs you by the neck.

New York, New Jersey and Long Island have always had a history of amazing artists that have revolutionized hard rock and heavy metal and with these guys as well as many more, this region will continue to bring originality, intensity and power to the world of music.