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Stoner metal and rock act from Reading in Berkshire, active since 2015. Their sweet-and-heavy name perfectly captures a sound that blends sticky stoner grooves with rock energy from the Thames Valley.
Heavenblast is a power metal band from Chieti, Italy, active since 2022 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Progressive power metal band from Wetter, Germany, active since 2011. Their technically demanding compositions merge the soaring melodies of power metal with progressive complexity and dynamic arrangements.
HeavenFalls was a female-fronted melodic power metal band from Rio de Janeiro, featuring vocalist Sabrina Carrión alongside guitarists Victor Montalvão and Pedro Mota, bassist Carlos Jannarelli, keyboardist José Luiz Faulhaber, and drummer Rodrigo Fontoura. Their debut full-length Ethereal Dreams (2003), released through Hellion Records and recorded at Fast Forward studio in Rio de Janeiro, showcased Carrión's melodic yet powerful voice across a progressive power metal framework. The album's reception earned the band a supporting slot for Iron Maiden's 2004 show in Rio de Janeiro.
Heavenheim is an Argentine extreme metal project formed in 2024 with a lineup of Kai (vocals), Dave (guitar), Andy (bass), Gisa (drums), and Leon (keyboards), blending symphonic black metal and melodic death metal with Christian metal themes. The band released the album United Forever on December 2, 2024, featuring tracks including the 13-minute title piece, followed by the single Take Your Cross in February 2025 and the two-track EP Have You Ever Heard of the Cross in November 2025.
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.
Heavenless is a deathcore trio from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band — comprising vocalist/bassist Kalyl Lamarck, guitarist Vinicius Martins, and drummer Vicente Andrade — released their debut album Whocantbenamed in early 2017 through Rising Records, recorded at Mad Butcher Studio in Mossoró. Their sound blends deathcore with thrash and hardcore influences, exploring themes of religious manipulation and societal evil.
Heavenlust is a gothic metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2021. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
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