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Albuquerque's Heave combine the desert-baked slowness of stoner metal with the gravitational weight of doom, producing music that feels shaped by New Mexico's vast, arid landscape. Since 2013, they've been one of the Southwest's most reliable purveyors of low-tuned, heavy-lidded heaviness.
Heaven Can Wait is a melodic death/doom metal band from Funchal, Portugal, formed in 2015. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
An established melodic death metal voice from Athens, contributing to Greece's underground since 2015. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Valladolid, Spain, active since 2015. Their powerful sound channels the classic traditions of heavy metal and hard rock from Castilla y Leon.
Jena, Germany's Heaven Shall Burn formed in 1995 and have spent three decades as one of the most consistent and politically engaged acts at the intersection of metalcore and melodic death metal. Their catalog of ten studio albums, including the Iconoclast trilogy (2008–2010) and Of Truth and Sacrifice (2020), has repeatedly charted inside the German Top 25 and placed the band among Europe's leading heavy exports. Their lyrics address anti-fascism, animal rights, and systemic inequality with a directness that sets them apart from most of their contemporaries.
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).
Heaven Watch is a black/heavy metal band from Strasbourg, France, active since 2021 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
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.
Heaven-Gemini is a progressive metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2022. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
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