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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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Los Angeles heavy metal band formed in 2025, straddling the line between hard rock energy and traditional heavy metal weight in a city with a deep legacy of both. A brand-new act arriving on the LA scene with the hard-rocking, riff-driven sensibility of the genre's classic era.
Heavy metal band from Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal active since 2011. Wrek Age delivers classic heavy metal from the volcanic mid-Atlantic archipelago, one of Europe's most remote metal scenes.
A heavy metal band from Woodland Park, New Jersey, active since 2016, drawing on classic metal traditions with a straightforward, no-frills approach that keeps the genre's foundational energy intact. Their work sits comfortably in the lineage of American heavy metal without chasing contemporary trends.
Heavy metal band from Braunschweig, Germany emerging in 2024. Writhen Hilt forges traditional heavy metal from the historic city of Lower Saxony, drawing on the genre's classic European lineage.
Hard rock/heavy metal band from Nässjö, Sweden active since 2013. Wulcan delivers volcanic energy through classic hard rock and heavy metal from the Småland highlands.
NWOBHM-style heavy metal band from Telford, England formed in 2018. Wulf carries the flame of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Shropshire town.
Heavy metal band from France formed in 2021. Wych Elm crafts classic heavy metal with a dark, organic aesthetic drawn from the ancient forests of rural France.
Heavy and stoner metal band from London, England active since 2015. Wychhound blends classic heavy metal power with stoner rock's psychedelic groove from the British capital.
Cleveland's Wyld Timez weaponize the rawness of first-wave black metal and fuse it to the locomotive momentum of speed metal and classic heavy metal, resulting in a high-energy blast of blackened aggression formed in 2021. Their approach pulls from the leather-and-spikes underground with a restless, reckless energy.
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