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Heavy/Glam Metal outfit from Turin, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the full spectrum of their genre influences into a cohesive body of work that speaks to dedicated followers of heavy music.
Midnight Fortress is a glam/thrash/speed metal and hard rock act from the Polish town of Twardów, formed in 2025. The band blends the flash of glam metal with the aggression of thrash from an unlikely rural setting.
Night Laser is a sleaze and glam metal band from Hamburg, self-described as a leading act of the new generation of German metal, with over 250 concerts under their belt. Their three albums from 'Laserhead' through 'Call Me What You Want' have earned them a reputation as an incredible live band across Europe.
Heavy/glam metal band from Treorchy in the Welsh valleys, formed in 2020. Their approach combines heavy metal's power with glam metal's flamboyant showmanship from the South Wales coalfields.
Sister formed in Jönköping, Sweden in 2006, building a hard-edged sleaze rock sound that drew equally from 1970s punk and 1980s Hollywood glam metal. The band signed with Metal Blade Records and released their debut album Hated in 2011, followed by Disguised Vultures in 2014. Described by critics as occupying a space between The Misfits and Guns N' Roses, Sister cultivated a raw, street-level aesthetic at odds with the more polished Swedish sleaze contemporaries. The band later released Vengeance Ignited independently in 2021 and returned with The Way We Fall in 2025.
Seattle's TKO have been carrying the torch for hard rock-inflected heavy metal and glam since their 1999 reformation, blending the sleaze and swagger of classic Pacific Northwest hard rock with muscular riffs and arena-sized hooks.
W.A.S.P. was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1982 by vocalist and bassist Blackie Lawless, becoming one of the most notoriously theatrical acts of the 1980s metal scene through provocative live performances and shock rock imagery that earned them a place in the Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" list of objectionable songs. Their self-titled debut (1984) and The Last Command (1985) were both RIAA gold-certified, and The Headless Children (1989) marked a critical turning point toward a more serious, album-oriented approach. With over 12 million records sold worldwide, W.A.S.P. remains active under Lawless's direction, releasing their most recent studio album Golgotha in 2015.
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