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Featured Album
People Watching (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
11/14 @ The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Among the Shadows (2024)
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Operating from Ivanovo, this heavy metal project has been shaping cold sound since 2017. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Heavenless is a gothic metal/rock band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
Heavenlust is a gothic metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2021. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
Heavenly Kingdom is a heavy/thrash metal band from Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil. The band's lineup includes Brenno Lima, Leandro Dias, Vagner Mesquita, and Bruno Conrado, and their discography spans multiple full-length albums including Tears From The Sky, Nature In Fury, and Slave Of Time, released through Heaven's Music.
Heavenqueen is a progressive/symphonic metal band from Veldhoven, the Netherlands, formed in 2023. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Heavens Fall is a melodic power metal band from Offaly, Ireland, active since 2017 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Lubbock's Heavens Final War have been fusing hardcore's rage with thrash metal's technical attack since 2015, creating a confrontational sound that fits right in with West Texas's no-nonsense ethos. Their crossover energy is blunt and unapologetic.
Heavy/power metal band from Wolfsburg, Germany, formed in 2013. Their anthemic sound carries the tradition of German power metal forward with commanding riffs and melodic hooks from the city of the Volkswagen.
Spawned in Saint Petersburg's underground, this sludge/doom/post-metal outfit channels russian ferocity since 2020. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
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