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Heavy Pettin'

Glasgow, Scotland, GB · 1981–present · active
Heavy Pettin' are a Glasgow heavy metal and hard rock band that emerged during the early 1980s with a glossy, hook-driven take on British melodic metal. Formed in 1981, the group arrived after the first explosion of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal but shared that era's appetite for sharp guitars, powerful vocals, and road-tested energy. Their debut album Lettin Loose put them in conversation with bands such as Def Leppard, UFO, and early Bon Jovi, using big choruses and twin-guitar flash without abandoning a rougher club-band foundation. Heavy Pettin' fit metal and hard rock scope through riff-based songwriting, high-register vocals, and a sound designed for loud stages rather than pop polish alone. Later releases pushed further toward commercial hard rock, but the band's best work keeps the spark of early British metal in its guitar attack and urgent tempos. They never became as globally dominant as some peers, yet their name remains familiar to fans of melodic hard rock, NWOBHM-adjacent records, and Scottish heavy music history. Heavy Pettin' are a reminder that the era's underground was wider and more regionally varied than the handful of arena names that usually define it.
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Helix

Kitchener, ON, CA · 1974–present · active
Helix are a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band whose history reaches back to 1974, when they began as the Helix Field Band before tightening into the louder, more direct act associated with Brian Vollmer. The group's 1980s run made them a durable name in Canadian heavy rock, especially through No Rest for the Wicked, Walkin' the Razor's Edge, and Long Way to Heaven. Songs such as "Heavy Metal Love," "Rock You," and "Deep Cuts the Knife" show the band's strengths clearly: big gang choruses, punchy guitar riffs, a party-ready sense of movement, and Vollmer's high, gritty voice. Helix were never as dark as some metal peers, but they carried enough riff weight and road-dog volume to belong in the heavy metal and glam-metal continuum. Their long career also matters because the band kept recording and touring through lineup changes, regional shifts, and changing tastes. At their best, Helix sound like working-class arena rock with denim, sweat, and a simple belief that a chorus should hit like a shouted order.
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