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Northern New Jersey's Heart for Bait came together in 2022 with a stoner metal identity built on warped, riff-heavy foundations and a deep commitment to fuzzy heaviness. They represent the rawer, more uncompromising edge of the Garden State's underground heavy rock scene.
Los Angeles progressive metal act Heart Impaled have been at it since 2009, weaving together complex arrangements and technical ambition into a sound that rewards close listening. Their work reflects the discipline and reach of LA's sprawling prog-metal underground.
Bournemouth and Southampton melodic hardcore band Heart In Hand formed in 2008 around vocalist Charlie Holmes following his departure from Trigger the Bloodshed. The band released three albums — Only Memories (2011), Almost There (2013), and A Beautiful White (2014) — the last of which was produced by Will Putney and released through Century Media Records. They dissolved in early 2015 after a well-regarded run in the UK melodic hardcore scene.
Heart of a Coward formed in Milton Keynes in 2009 and became a recognizable name in British metalcore by combining djent-informed precision with groove-heavy songwriting. The early Dead Sea EP and Hope and Hindrance introduced the band's low-end impact, but Severance and Deliverance pushed them into stronger territory with songs like "Hollow," "Distance," "Psychophant," "Shade," and "Mouth of Madness." Jamie Graham's era gave the band a commanding vocal identity, while later material with Kaan Tasan on The Disconnect and This Place Only Brings Death showed a group still capable of balancing punishing riffs with clean melodic release. Heart of a Coward's music is built for weight: palm-muted patterns, syncopated breakdowns, and choruses that rarely soften the mood completely. They fit metalcore scope directly through sound, scene, and touring context, but their best work also draws from groove metal's insistence on physical movement. The band's appeal is less about chaos than controlled pressure. When Heart of a Coward lock into a riff, the songs feel engineered to make a room move as one heavy machine.
Named after the X-ray binary system, Los Angeles's Heart of Cygnus have been making progressive metal with a rock-influenced sensibility since 2007, reaching for cosmic scope within tightly constructed song structures. The band balances instrumental sophistication with genuine melodic accessibility.
Heart of Sun is a progressive/power metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2017 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Heart of the Serpent is a shadowy, location-unknown American black metal entity that has operated in deliberate obscurity since 2017, letting the music speak without geographic or biographical context. Their approach is cold, primordial, and unmistakably focused on black metal in its most unadorned form.
Rhode Island's Heart of the Unformed blend melodic death metal savagery with traditional heavy metal hooks and hard rock dynamics, creating a hybrid that's both accessible and genuinely heavy. The Barrington band has been refining this approach since 2020 with an ear for both aggression and melody.
Blackened doom/sludge metal act from Schleswig, Germany, formed in 2024. Named after the Norse frost giant's heart, they forge crushing, atmosphere-laden metal that evokes the frozen landscapes of Nordic mythology.
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