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Headquakes is a heavy/power metal band from Vajont (Pordenone), Italy, active since 2016 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Headstrong is a heavy/power metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom, active since 2017 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Power/progressive metal band from Aalen, Germany, active since 2016. Their intricate compositions merge power metal grandeur with progressive complexity in technically ambitious arrangements.
Heart of Sun is a progressive/power metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2017 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Melodic heavy/power metal band from Siegen, Germany, active since 1994. With three decades of experience, they are one of the longest-running power metal acts in the Westphalian scene.
California's Heathendom formed in 2025 as a symphonic black metal project, layering orchestral grandeur over cold, dissonant riffing in the tradition of the genre's most theatrical practitioners. They're among the newest acts in the domestic symphonic black metal scene, arriving with fully formed ambition.
Power metal band from Bingen am Rhein, Germany, active since 2013. Their epic power metal draws on the mythological grandeur of the genre, delivering soaring anthems from the banks of the Rhine.
Heaven Steel is a heavy/power metal band from Santa Maria da Vitória, Bahia, formed in 2014, operating as an independent act with themes spanning Christianity, science fiction, and geopolitical conflict. Their album Hanoc (2017) is a nine-track release that exemplifies the band's dual focus on traditional power metal songwriting and conceptual lyrical content. They also released earlier works including Nuclear Desaster (2016) and Dreams for a New World (2016).
Rooted in Athens's underground, this heavy/power metal project delivers savage compositions with conviction since 2013. Their sound draws on NWOBHM and classic metal traditions with conviction.
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