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The Sound of Vancouver Metal

“The Sound of Vancouver Metal” captures the weight and diversity of the West Coast’s heavy music scene. This playlist highlights the full spectrum of metal Vancouver has to offer, from technical death metal precision with Archspire’s “Drone Corpse Aviator” to the epic power metal of Unleash the Archers’ “Northwest Passage.” It leans into classic thrash, melodic death, prog, doom, and blackened influences, showcasing how varied and deep the region’s roster of bands is.

The playlist navigates through blistering riffs from 3 Inches of Blood, the theatrical chaos of Devin Townsend’s multiple projects, and the punishing tones of acts like Angelmaker, Neck of the Woods, and Blackwater Burial. There are moments of vintage flair with Iron Kingdom and Odinfist, progressive edges from Anciients and Atavistia, and a continuous presence of underground aggression. Whether it’s the genre-bending experimentation of Zimmers Hole or the raw weight from Gross Misconduct and The Hallowed Catharsis, the tracklist serves as a crash course in Vancouver’s loudest exports.

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2 Shadows 1 track
24unity 1 track
3 Inches Of Blood 3 tracks
Abriosis 1 track
Aggression 3 tracks
Alchemy Chamber 1 track
Anatolian Wisdom 1 track
Anciients 3 tracks
Angelmaker 2 tracks
Antiquus 1 track
Archspire 3 tracks
Arcnaut 1 track
ArkenFire 3 tracks
Assimilation 2 tracks
Astrakhan 2 tracks
Atavistia 2 tracks
Atrous Leviathan 2 tracks
Auroch 1 track
BISON 3 tracks
Black Wizard 1 track
Blackwater Burial 3 tracks
Blasphemy 1 track
Bushwhacker 2 tracks
Cayle Charlton 1 track
Cryptic Enslavement 2 tracks
Dead Asylum 3 tracks
Dead Quiet 3 tracks
Death Preacher 2 tracks
Devin Townsend 3 tracks
Devin Townsend Project 3 tracks
Drown in Ashes 1 track
Entropia 1 track
Expain 3 tracks
Finite 1 track
First Reign 2 tracks
Gatekeeper 3 tracks
Gladius Sky 2 tracks
God Said Kill 2 tracks
Golers 2 tracks
Gross Misconduct 3 tracks
Guilt 1 track
Hallux 1 track
Hellchamber 1 track
ILL TEMPER 1 track
Infernäl Mäjesty 2 tracks
Iron Kingdom 3 tracks
J.Rabbit 1 track
Joey Hockin 1 track
Kafirun 1 track
Kosm 2 tracks
Liberatia 3 tracks
Magnus Rising 1 track
Marcus 1 track
Massive Scar Era 1 track
Medevil 3 tracks
Meliss FX 1 track
Meridius 1 track
Mitochondrion 2 tracks
Neck of the Woods 3 tracks
Nylithia 3 tracks
Obsidian 1 track
Odinfist 3 tracks
Of Artistry 1 track
Of Modern Architecture 3 tracks
Omega Crom 2 tracks
Over The Coals 1 track
Pyramidion 2 tracks
Resurgence 2 tracks
Rev Taylor 1 track
Righteous Vendetta 1 track
Ritual Dictates 2 tracks
Roadrash 2 tracks
SVNEATR 3 tracks
Saints of Death 2 tracks
Scimitar 2 tracks
Scissortooth 1 track
Scythia 2 tracks
Seer 2 tracks
Seven Nines and Tens 1 track
Spell 2 tracks
Strapping Young Lad 3 tracks
Sumac 2 tracks
Technical Damage 1 track
Terrifier 3 tracks
The Desolate 1 track
The Hallowed Catharsis 3 tracks
The Mountain Man 2 tracks
The Schoenberg Automaton 2 tracks
The Vth Circle 2 tracks
The Waning Light 1 track
Thor 2 tracks
Thousand Arrows 3 tracks
Titans Eve 1 track
Torrefy 3 tracks
Trollband 2 tracks
Truent 3 tracks
Unbeheld 1 track
Unleash The Archers 4 tracks
Waingro 2 tracks
West of Hell 3 tracks
Wormwitch 3 tracks
Xul 3 tracks
Zimmers Hole 3 tracks