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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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HYPA HYPA Tour - Live In Ludwigsburg (2023)
05/25 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Cleveland's Gatlin started out delivering heavy/power metal with fists clenched and feet planted, though their trajectory has since bent toward hard rock — a range that speaks to their melodic roots and willingness to evolve. Formed in 2020, they bring a muscular energy native to the Rust Belt.
Gatling Gun is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Turin, formed in 2020. Named after the rapid-fire weapon, they deliver machine-gun riffs and hard-hitting heavy metal from the Piedmontese capital.
Los Angeles's Gauntlet play heavy metal with a hard rock swagger, leaning into classic tones and direct songwriting since their 2022 formation. Unpretentious and built for volume, they carry the spirit of the Sunset Strip's heavier end.
Gauntlet Rule is a heavy metal band from Höör, Sweden, formed in 2022 and delivering classic heavy metal with conviction from the Skåne countryside. The project honors the traditions of the genre.
American Canyon, California's Gawdamn blend heavy and thrash metal with the kind of attitude that makes it clear they are not here to negotiate. Formed in 2020, they bring a blunt, no-nonsense energy to a region more commonly associated with progressive and tech-death.
Gbvrh is a doom/heavy metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2019 and delivering crushing, monolithic heaviness from the Russian capital. The project channels the oppressive weight of doom through heavy metal's classic framework.
Gears of Doom is a heavy/southern metal band from Venice, active since 2011. They channel the groove-laden heaviness of southern metal from one of Italy's most culturally distinctive cities.
Gebbeth is a heavy/thrash metal band from Wroclaw, active since 2012. They deliver classic thrash and heavy metal from the Lower Silesian capital.
Gee Harliquin is a heavy metal artist from Stafford in the West Midlands, active since 2014. He delivers classic heavy metal from the Staffordshire county town.
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