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On the Horizon: 5 Bands to Watch in 2017!
2/24/2017 7:18:02 PM by Frank Hill





Heavy metal and hard rock isn't an unexplored phenomenon. Its musical landscape is in its fifth decade, leading many to wonder just how many stones are truly left unturned. The two genres have been expanded into countless hybrids, offshoots and sub-genres that leave even experienced fans like myself a bit overwhelmed. Now, with so many streaming avenues it's hard to even find a playlist or album to turn on without going down the rabbit hole of endless visuals and recommendations. I've narrowed down five bands to watch. The criteria? They have to be new bands with no more than two official full-length album releases. I am straying from extreme music because its future doesn't excite me that much. This list features youthful, energetic bands that play a form of hard music that's electrifying and speaks to me in some way.

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RANDOM ACTS OF METAL
· Cathedral· Hate Eternal
· In Flames· The Kovenant
· Nightwish· Opeth
· Sinner· Vehemence
· White Skull· Big Dumb Face
· Misery Index· Poisonblack
· Tiamat· Exmortem
· Rebellion· Neck
· Cradle of Filth· Goatwhore
· Skullview· Queensryche
· Dark Moor· Dr. Butcher
· October 31· H.I.M.
· Evolution· Iced Earth
· Malstrom· Nordheim
· Savatage· Mnemic
· Vhaldemar· Thunderstone
· Stalker· Murdercycle
· Wicked Sensation· Project: Failing Flesh
· Asperity· Body Count
· Hard Echo· Tesla
· Force Of Evil· Soil
· TNA· Superchrist
· Gothic Knights· Funerus
· Construcdead· Leash Law
· Edge Of Forever· Highlord
· Iron Angel· Feinstein
· Chapter VIII· Goatsnake
· Scorpions· Unleashed
· After Forever· Psychotron
· Dio· Potential Threat SF
· Occult· Annihilator
· Slowlife· Neurosis
· The Last Act· Negative Creeps
· Jackyl· Karmakanic
· Cryme· Legion
· Milkweed· Scenteria
· Ligeia· Rottweiller
· Divine Fire· Loudblast
· Mechanical Poet· Angtoria
· the missing:· Oathean
· Lord Gore· Debris Inc.
· Raintime· Def Leppard
· Nightrage· Green Carnation
· Blind Stare· Raging Speedhorn
· Mirador· Graveworm
· Brand New Sin· Ektomorf
· Sentenced· Nightvision
· Devil Lee Rot· Scar Symmetry
· Warchild· Octavia Sperati
· Lake Of Tears· Orphaned Land
· Winterfell· 1349
· Balatonizer· Thrones
· Gojira· Urizen
· Midnight Idols· Bronx Casket Company
· Detonation· Hate
· Machina· Craft
· Across Tundras· Lair Of The Minotaur
· Beyond Fear· Daylight Dies
· Scum· The Berzerker
· Dissection· Leviathan/Sapthuran
· Moonspell· Elvenking
· Candlemass· Speed/Kill/Hate
· The Furor· Michael Orlando
· Fragments of Unbecoming· Unsilent Phenomenon
· Bloodbound· Space Odyssey
· I· Hurt
· The Ruins of Beverast· Pump
· The Abominable Iron Sloth· Battle Bratt
· Wastefall· Semargl
· Eighteen Visions· Lupara
· Obtest· The Showdown
· Extium· Urkraft
· Centinex· Omnium Gatherum
· In This Moment· Blood of the Black Owl
· Nagelfar· Cattle Decapitation
· Passion· Textures
· Spit Like This· Glorior Belli
· Throneum· The Wonderfools
· Sworn Enemy· Spheric Universe Experience
· Pathology· Dantesco
· Alkemyst· Jesus Martyr
· Straight Line Stitch· Burzum
· Uriah Heep· The More I See
· Iron Fire· Battleroar
· Uli Jon Roth· Suspyre
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