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Electric Age is a hard rock and heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, that began as a Deep Purple tribute act before developing their own arena-oriented sound with '70s-influenced guitar work. The band released a self-titled six-track EP through Divebomb Records in December 2013 and has won multiple festivals in the São Paulo region.
Ethimos is a Buenos Aires heavy metal and hard rock band whose lineup includes vocalist Romina Briglia, guitarists Sergio Morkevicius, keyboardist Pamela Ortiz, bassist Fabián Moreno, and drummer Diego Sanabria. They released their self-titled debut album on September 2, 2022, followed by their second LP "Hijo de la Luz" on January 14, 2024.
Excellence is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, whose sound blends classic 1980s hard rock with traditional heavy metal. The band released their debut album "Against the Odds" in 2010 and featured keyboardist Fábio Ribeiro, known for his work with Angra and Shaman, while two of their founding members, bassist Robson Van Der Ham and drummer Marcos Rigoli, were among the victims of the tragic Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria in January 2013.
Final Road is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Buenos Aires who blend 1980s hard rock with contemporary heavy metal. Their 2022 EP "Side B" features six tracks including "Away from you," "Judges of the west," and "Beautiful pain," released independently on Bandcamp.
Gallo Azhuu is a hard rock and heavy metal band from São Luís, Maranhão, whose name translates loosely as "blue rooster" in a Portuguese psychedelic spelling, drawing on the blues-heavy tradition of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and ZZ Top. The band released a self-titled debut in 2013, followed by "Totem" in 2015, and their third album "Treva" in 2019, recorded at KM4 Studio — a release noted for its stoner metal weight. All three records are sung entirely in Portuguese.
Formed in 2005 by cousins Landon Milbourn, Tyler Baker, and Brandon Qualkenbush in tribute to Baker's brother who died that year, Goodbye June relocated from their home state to Nashville, Tennessee in 2009 and built a reputation on a roots-oriented hard rock sound drawing from AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, and the Black Keys. Their 2017 label debut Magic Valley on Interscope was followed by Community Inn and See Where the Night Goes, the latter reaching number one on the UK Rock Chart in 2022. The trio have accumulated over 110 million Spotify streams and contributed music to a national Budweiser campaign.
Gunfire 76 is a side project of Wednesday 13 vocalist Joseph Poole, formed in North Carolina in 2009 alongside guitarist Todd Youth as an outlet for unadorned rock and roll influences including KISS, the New York Dolls, and The Stooges — stripped of the horror themes that define Poole's main act. Their debut album Casualties & Tragedies was released in October 2009, and the project toured the UK and US in its early years. The band represents a more straightforward, glam-inflected rock register distinct from Poole's primary catalog.
Formed in 2015 by Matt Reynolds and Tom Marsh, former members of UK noise-hardcore band Heck, Haggard Cat initially operated as a side project before becoming their primary creative vehicle following Heck's dissolution. Their sound trades Heck's frantic extremity for a rawer, blues-influenced hard rock attack informed by Jack White and Death from Above 1979, documented on the 2018 Earache Records debut Challenger and its follow-up Common Sense Holiday (2020). The duo self-released further material including the Cheer Up EP in 2021.
Formed in London in November 1969, Hawkwind are among the earliest and most influential space rock bands, fusing psychedelic rock, proto-punk energy, and science fiction mythology into an immersive live experience built on synthesizers, tape loops, and electronic noise. Their 1971 album In Search of Space was a landmark critical success, while the 1972 single 'Silver Machine' — recorded during the tenure of bassist Lemmy Kilmister — reached number one in the UK. With more than two dozen studio albums across six decades and Dave Brock as their sole continuous member, Hawkwind remain an active and foundational force in heavy psychedelic music.
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