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Josh H is a metal and post-punk musician from Spain whose recordings span multiple heavy genres with an eclectic, genre-bending approach. His work bridges the gap between aggressive metal and dark post-punk atmospherics, drawing on influences from both sides of the heavy music spectrum.
Out of Middleton, Massachusetts, Josh Johnson deals in the classic intersection of heavy metal riffing and thrash aggression, with enough rock-and-roll grit to keep things from going fully clinical. A one-man operation building on two decades of underground tradition.
Josh Keech is a guitarist, musician, and YouTuber from Bedford, UK, whose debut solo project Warrior In The Clouds showcases his diverse metal influences across two parts. His instrumental guitar work spans multiple heavy styles, reflecting his background as a content creator and performer.
Joshua Dalviken is a solo symphonic and melodic death metal artist from England who composes, performs, records, and masters his work entirely alone. His album Overlord (2021, remastered 2023) features eight tracks of sweeping orchestral metal blending power, doom, and death metal elements across a 42-minute runtime.
Jotnar is a folk/black metal band from Spain that combines harsh and clean vocals with orchestral elements including tin whistle and keyboards. Their self-titled debut (2011) features Viking and battle-themed lyrics exploring Norse mythology, warfare, and fantasy narratives through a distinctive fusion of traditional folk instrumentation with extreme metal.
Jotungheim is a black metal band from Russia whose name references the realm of the frost giants in Norse mythology. Their atmospheric black metal channels the cold, vast landscapes of Scandinavian folklore through raw tremolo riffs and blast beats.
Jotungrav is a Finnish progressive folk metal project centered on extended compositions about Nordic mythology examined through modern philosophical perspectives. Founded as a solo venture by singer/songwriter Matias Stenman, the project expanded in 2023 with drummer Matias Rokio, crafting ambitious tracks that stretch around the ten-minute mark.
Jouissance Morbide is a black metal band from Marseille, France, whose album Sublimation (2022) was recorded at Daemonicreation Studio. Their four-track release channels the raw intensity of French black metal through extended compositions including the eight-minute Sheol and Le ciel est mort.
Journey formed in San Francisco in 1973 around Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie after their work in Santana, first moving through jazz-leaning progressive rock before becoming one of the defining arena rock bands of the late 1970s and 1980s. The group's early albums built a reputation for instrumental power and melodic ambition, but the arrival of Steve Perry shifted the band toward a more vocal-driven sound. Albums such as Infinity, Evolution, Departure, Escape, and Frontiers turned Journey into a stadium-level act, pairing Schon's guitar work with Perry's high, dramatic voice and Jonathan Cain's polished keyboard writing. Songs including "Lights," "Wheel in the Sky," "Any Way You Want It," "Separate Ways," "Open Arms," and "Don't Stop Believin'" became central to the band's identity. After periods of inactivity and lineup changes, Journey returned with new singers and continued touring heavily, keeping its catalog active for new generations while remaining rooted in big hooks, soaring choruses, and cleanly produced hard rock.
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