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Featured Album
Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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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Heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2019. Their ironic name belies serious heavy metal craftsmanship from the Spanish capital.
Boston's Hara Kiri bring the crossover thrash tradition to one of America's great punk cities, their tightly coiled songs drawing equally from the ferocity of hardcore and the technical aggression of thrash since 2017.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2002. Over two decades of riff-driven heavy metal and hard rock have made them a veteran act in the Madrid scene.
Hamilton, New York's Harbinger play traditional heavy metal with a conviction that feels earned — a small-town act formed in 2015 with big riffs and a clear love for the genre's classic, no-nonsense core.
Lansing, Michigan's Harbinger race through heavy, speed, and thrash metal with relentless momentum since 2015, another act from the Great Lakes underground proving that the Midwest has always had the chops.
Harbour of Souls is a heavy metal band from Goes, Netherlands, active since 2015 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
From Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza) in Italy, this heavy/thrash metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2019. Razor-sharp riffing and breakneck tempos carry the spirit of classic thrash.
Hard Disk Drive is a heavy metal band from Messinia, Greece, active since 2015 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
San Francisco's Hard Driver have been trafficking in traditional heavy metal since 2017, a city that once defined the genre's most extreme edges now home to a band with its eye firmly on the classic sound.
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