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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Salt Lake City's Hellbender found their footing in 2020 crafting heavy and power metal that balances muscular riffing with melodic ambition. The band channels classic metal's sense of adventure into tight, anthem-ready songwriting.
Operating from Pistoia, this heavy metal project has been shaping cold sound since 2020. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Chicago's Hellbound Sons arrived in 2025 waving the flag for classic heavy metal and hard rock in a city with deep roots in both. Stripped of pretense and loaded with riff, they represent a straight-line back to the genre's foundational pleasures.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2015. Their releases include Into The Whisky and Out Of The Ashes, delivering no-frills, riff-driven heavy metal with classic rock swagger.
Hellcats is a heavy metal band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active since 2013 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Hailing from Cremona in Italy, this progressive power/heavy metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2014. Twin-guitar harmonies and commanding vocals characterize their sound.
Based in Athens, this heavy metal project has been a fixture of Greece's underground since 2015. Powerful vocals and driving riffs define their contribution to traditional metal.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2004. Over two decades, they have delivered riff-driven heavy metal with classic hard rock swagger from the capital of Baden-Wurttemberg.
Helldown is a heavy metal band from Swansea, United Kingdom, active since 2017 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
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