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HotWax are a Hastings-born alternative rock band whose music revives the physical rush of grunge, post-punk, and noisy guitar pop without sounding like a museum exercise. Built around Tallulah Sim-Savage, Lola Sam, and drummer Alfie Sayers, the group developed from teenage beginnings into a touring act known for direct, high-energy performances. Their songs use fuzzed riffs, quick melodic turns, and restless rhythms, often balancing a loose, almost garage-like force with hooks that are easy to remember. HotWax fit rock and punk-adjacent scope through the way they draw on heavy 1990s alternative music, post-punk invention, and grunge dynamics. Tracks from EPs and the album Hot Shock show a band interested in impact: bass lines are thick, guitar tones are abrasive, and the vocals cut through with a mix of cool restraint and sudden heat. There is youthful urgency in the music, but also discipline in how the parts are arranged. HotWax's strongest moments feel like a room getting louder in real time, with the band using familiar distortion and swing to create songs that are bold, kinetic, and built for close-range stages.
Heavy/power metal band from Diez, Germany, formed in 2020. Their anthemic sound delivers the soaring melodies and powerful riffing of classic German power metal from the Lahn valley.
Houle is a black metal project from Paris, France, active since 2022 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hound is a psychedelic doom/stoner metal/rock band from Rome, Italy, active since 2011 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.
Melodic black metal project from Germany, formed in 2024. Their sound blends the ferocity of black metal with melodic sophistication in the Greek mythological tradition of their namesake.
Hounds is a heavy/power metal band from Turin, Italy, active since 2013 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Hounds of Devil is a speed metal act from Pordenone, Italy, active since 2019 and channeling aggressive, heavy music through its uncompromising artistic vision. The project delivers powerful metal from the Italy scene.
Hounds of Hell is a heavy/stoner/thrash metal band from Hede, Sweden, active since 2020 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Witten, Germany, active since 2016. Their riff-driven crossover of heavy and thrash metal delivers aggressive energy from the southern Ruhr region.
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