Taking their name from the medical term used when compressed nerves at one site cause the nerve to be susceptible to damage at another site, Germany's Double Crush Syndrome deliver a lethal mix of vintage Sunset Strip sleaze-metal and snarling, punk-infused hard rock. The power trio, which features Julian Fischer on drums, Slick Prolidol on bass/vox, and ex-Sodom and Traceelords vocalist/guitarist Andy Brings, was founded in 2013. They spent three years honing their live show, often in support of high-profile rockers like Sebastian Bach, Hardcore Superstar, W.A.S.P., Loudness, and Doro, before inking a deal with Nuclear Blast imprint Arising Empire in 2016. The band's debut album, Die for Rock N' Roll, arrived the following year. ~ James Christopher Monger