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The Hirvi is a thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2018. Their name meaning "the moose" in Finnish, they deliver aggressive thrash with a uniquely Finnish identity.
The Hitmen began in Sydney in the late 1970s around vocalist Johnny Kannis and guitarist Chris Masuak, drawing energy from the same high-voltage underground that produced Radio Birdman and other Australian punk-era rock bands. Originally appearing as Johnny and the Hitmen, the group quickly became a vehicle for tough, Detroit-influenced rock, punk momentum, and sharp-edged guitar work. Their self-titled 1981 album and the follow-up It Is What It Is captured a band that could be raw and direct without losing melodic bite, mixing swaggering originals with a sense of rock-and-roll lineage. After the first era wound down, Kannis and Masuak revived the spirit under the Hitmen DTK name, leaning further into hard rock attack and live intensity. Later reunions kept the catalogue active and connected the band to newer audiences interested in Australian underground rock history. The Hitmen's appeal is rooted in brash guitars, forceful vocals, and a streetwise bridge between punk urgency and hard rock confidence.
The Holeum from Murcia craft post-metal and post-rock that explores vast, cavernous sonic spaces from southeastern Spain since 2016. Their name evokes a hollow, resonant void that mirrors the expansive atmospheres of their compositions.
The Hollowmen from Santa Cruz de Tenerife are among the oldest active extreme metal acts in the Canary Islands, fusing death metal with crust punk and hardcore since 1985. Four decades of output from this Atlantic island city have produced a uniquely isolated take on crossover extremity.
The Holy Flesh is a progressive black metal project from the UK, formed in 2019. Their music pushes black metal beyond its conventional boundaries through progressive song structures and experimental arrangements.
Seattle's The Home Team describe their sound as 'heavy pop,' and that oxymoronic label perfectly captures their genre-fluid blend of pop-punk foundations, metalcore breakdowns, R&B smoothness, and funk grooves. Formed by guitarist John Baran and drummer Daniel Matson from the ashes of hardcore bands, The Home Team deliberately pivoted toward melody and genre experimentation with vocalist Brian Butcher's versatile delivery as the throughline. Their 2024 album 'The Crucible of Life' on Thriller Records showcases a band whose refusal to be pinned to any single genre has become their defining strength.
The Hong Kong Sleepover have been running a stoner/heavy metal operation out of Macomb, Illinois since 2009, mixing fuzzed-out riffs with a hard rock swagger that keeps things loose without losing the punch. They occupy the hazy middle ground where classic heavy metal, stoner rock, and boozy groove intersect — the kind of music that fills small-town bars and earns its keep on volume alone. Sixteen years in, they're a reliable presence on the Midwest underground circuit.
Hailing from the Quad-Cities area of Illinois, The Horde have been running a tight speed/thrash operation since 2013 that owes clear debts to the high-velocity precision of early Overkill and Whiplash. Their brand of thrash is built for momentum — fast, lean, and locked in, with the kind of riff economy that keeps things from ever bogging down. They're among the more earnest practitioners of old-school thrash in the upper Midwest.
The Hordes from Lyon deliver industrial black metal that marshals mechanized armies of sound since 2010. Over fifteen years of swarming, factory-processed extremity from France's second city, they have built a formidable fusion of black metal hostility and industrial precision.
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