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    The best metal bands in Atlanta.

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Sadistic Ritual

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Paladin

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2018
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2018 » After Dark » Critics Pick
    Cloak

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2018
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2018 » After Dark » Readers Pick
    Order of The Owl

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2017
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2017 » After Dark » Readers Pick
    Mastodon

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2016
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2016 » After Dark » Readers Pick
    Harvester

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2016
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2016 » After Dark » Trophy Case
    Mastodon
    At the dawn of the 21st century, MASTODON was born of blood and thunder. Since then, the group has smashed eardrums one twisted metal opus after another. Grammy nominations come and go, but good music is timeless and Mastodon has left a gargantuan footprint on Atlanta’s music scene. The group is stillmore...
    At the dawn of the 21st century, MASTODON was born of blood and thunder. Since then, the group has smashed eardrums one twisted metal opus after another. Grammy nominations come and go, but good music is timeless and Mastodon has left a gargantuan footprint on Atlanta’s music scene. The group is still basking in the glories of 2014’s sixth album, Once More ’Round the Sun. New material abounds as each member of the group embarks on his own journey. Guitarist Brent Hinds has worked with Alice in Chains’ William DuVall recording as Giraffe Tongue Orchestra. Singer/bassist Troy Sanders teamed up with Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen for Gone Is Gone. Drummer Brann Dailor was spotted sitting in with the house band on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” Closer to home, guitarist Bill Kelliher is building out Ember City, a new multi-room practice facility in the Capitol View neighborhood. All the while, Kelliher rolled out two new signature ESP guitars over the summer. Whew! Mastodon has earned our eternal respect. www.mastodonrocks.com. less...

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2015
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2015 » After Dark » Readers Pick
    Subdivisions

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2015
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2015 » After Dark » Critics Pick
    Sadistic Ritual

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2014
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2014 » After Dark » Readers Pick
    Mastodon

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2014
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2014 » After Dark » Critics Pick
    Hellgoat

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2013
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2013 » After Dark » Critics Pick
    Disfigurement

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2012
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2012 » After Dark » Critics Pick
    Royal Thunder

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2011
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2011 » After Dark » Critics Pick
    Wizard Smoke
    The devil’s weed is always a little sweeter when cosmic metal monsters Wizard Smoke spark up the joint. The menacing five-piece ensemble drives its up-tempo rock ‘n’ roll dirges with a tongue-in-cheek attitude, while sidestepping the typical woozy-eyed dreariness that so often defines the stonermore...

    The devil’s weed is always a little sweeter when cosmic metal monsters Wizard Smoke spark up the joint. The menacing five-piece ensemble drives its up-tempo rock ‘n’ roll dirges with a tongue-in-cheek attitude, while sidestepping the typical woozy-eyed dreariness that so often defines the stoner aesthetic. Wizard Smoke’s songs are glacial in size and epic in stature, but there’s a sense of humor hiding behind every riff throughout the band’s latest LP, The Speed of Smoke. Take another hit and let the perma-grin begin. wizardsmoke.net.


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    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2011
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2011 » After Dark » Critics Pick
    Black Lips

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2009
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » After Dark » Critics Pick
    Withered
    With Folie Circulaire , black-metal underdogs WITHERED unleashed the bleakest, most constrictive metal opus Atlanta has seen since Mastodon’s Leviathan. Every time the group takes the stage, slow, pulverizing grooves grind, bash and build to a climax of machine gun drums, helicopter head-banging andmore...
    With Folie Circulaire , black-metal underdogs WITHERED unleashed the bleakest, most constrictive metal opus Atlanta has seen since Mastodon’s Leviathan. Every time the group takes the stage, slow, pulverizing grooves grind, bash and build to a climax of machine gun drums, helicopter head-banging and a bestial growl. While Mastodon was busy cracking the Skye, Withered punched a hole through the earth and reached deep into the bowels of hell to summon an epic, labyrinthine roar. www.myspace.com/withered. less...

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2009
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » After Dark » Critics Pick
    Withered

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2001
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Poets, Artists, & Madmen » Critics Pick
    Mastodon
    The Mastodon was a big lumbering elephant-like veggie-eating prehistoric animal so I’m not convinced the name applies well to our local boys. They usually hack away so fast at their instruments you’d think they were trying to put their own flaming bodies out with an ice pick. Rockers from varyingmore...
    The Mastodon was a big lumbering elephant-like veggie-eating prehistoric animal so I’m not convinced the name applies well to our local boys. They usually hack away so fast at their instruments you’d think they were trying to put their own flaming bodies out with an ice pick. Rockers from varying local corners (punk, hard rock, metal, etc.) gassed up by fever stroke lightning are rallying around their intensity. With a disc on Relapse right around the corner, you could say they’re national now. Come to think of it, they are sort of hairy and have huge nuts, so maybe the moniker fits after all. less...

    Best Local Metal Act BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2001
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Poets, Artists, & Madmen » Readers Pick
    Muudah

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