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Camden, New Jersey's Heavy Coughin specialize in the slower, foggier end of stoner and doom metal — riffs thick as smog rolling in off the Delaware River, dragged to a crawl and left to marinate. They've been perfecting this low-tempo heaviness since 2016.
Heavy Cross of Flowers is a sludge/stoner/doom metal/rock band from Paços de Ferreira, Portugal, active since 2019 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Swiss heavy metal band active since 1999, carrying over two decades of dedication to the genre. Their enduring commitment to classic heavy metal has made them a stalwart presence in the Swiss underground scene.
Death/thrash metal band from Canobbio, Switzerland, active since 2004. Their ferocious crossover of death and thrash metal has been a fixture of the Ticino metal scene for two decades.
Rooted in Yekaterinburg's underground, this stoner metal project delivers harsh compositions with conviction since 2018. Their sound delivers the intensity their genre demands with focused execution.
Heavy Load is a heavy/power metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2006 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Heavy Merda is a thrash metal/crossover, grindcore act from Italy, active since 2025 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
Heavy Metal Perse is a power/heavy metal band from Kajaani, Finland, active since 2010 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
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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