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Hot Mulligan are a Lansing, Michigan band whose music sits at the loud intersection of emo, pop punk, Midwest emo, and post-hardcore. Formed in 2014, the group grew from basement-show roots into one of the defining modern acts in emotionally charged guitar music, with releases such as Pilot, you'll be fine, Why Would I Watch, and later work sharpening their combination of tangled riffs, strained vocals, and self-aware humor. Their songs often feel messy in feeling but precise in construction: guitars twist around each other, drums push with nervous momentum, and Nathan Sanville's voice gives the music a cracked urgency that fits lyrics about grief, insecurity, family, memory, and growing up badly. Hot Mulligan fit punk scope through pop punk and post-hardcore, even when their vocabulary overlaps heavily with emo. They favor velocity, cathartic choruses, and live-room release over soft introspection. What separates them from many revival-era peers is how naturally they balance jokes, pain, and technical guitar movement. The band can sound frantic, funny, wounded, and direct within the same song, which has made their music resonate far beyond a single scene category.
Hot Pets is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Sassari, Italy, active since 2019 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Rising from Budapest in Hungary, this black metal outfit harnesses relentless power since 2024. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Hotbild is a black metal/crust act from Ludvika, Sweden, active since 2003 and fusing black metal aggression with punk-influenced rawness and energy. The project bridges extreme metal and underground punk traditions.
Hotchkiss is a heavy metal band from Aurillac, France, active since 2025 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Seattle's Hoth take their name from the frozen Star Wars planet, and the melodic death-black metal they've crafted since 2012 earns the reference — vast, icy, and cinematic in scope. Their music reaches for the cosmos while keeping the riffs sharp.
Based in Yekaterinburg, this atmospheric black metal project has been a fixture of Russia's underground since 2025. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Heavy metal act from Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the French Pyrenees, newly formed in 2025. Their mistreated name channels classic heavy metal traditions from the mountainous southwest of France.
Thrash metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland, active since 2015. Their high-octane thrash delivers aggressive speed and biting riffs from the Francophone Swiss metal scene.
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