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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
· In Flames· The Kovenant
· Lost Horizon· Nightwish
· Scanner· The Haunted
· BloodDuster· Misery Index
· Tiamat· Commit Suicide
· Kalibas· Dirty Power
· Iron Maiden· Rawhead Rexx
· Fozzy· Mortician
· Widowmaker· Abigor
· Cage· Conquest
· Agony Divine· Nicta
· Iced Earth· Thunderbolt
· Mourning Beloveth· Victory
· Sludge!· Duke
· Fraise· Defiled
· Mother Misery· F5
· Funerus· Exodus
· Ebony Ark· Donnerkopf
· Velvet Revolver· Jorn
· Marillion· Mob Rules
· Scorpions· Vox Tempus
· After Forever· Killswitch Engage
· Psychotron· Wintersun
· Occult· Otep
· Annihilator· Scavenger
· Mine· Arch Enemy
· Silent Force· The Lizards
· Sonata Arctica· Fifth Cross
· Feared Creation· Of Infinity
· Code Black· Paradise Lost
· The New Breed· Blood Red Throne
· Kings X· Soilwork
· Yyrkoon· Vicious Circle
· Chuck Schuldiner· Backyard Babies
· Diecast· Crimson Moonlight
· Cemetary· Severe Torture
· Chaoswave· Operatika
· System Of A Down· Ramesses
· Def Leppard· Groundcrew
· Python· Subterranean Masquerade
· Unchained· Taake
· Voyager· Monolithe
· Prowler Inc.· Sebastian Bach
· Gaia· Love Forsaken
· Havochate· Edenbridge
· Pagan's Mind· Dragonia
· Russell Allen· Dirty Americans
· Winterfell· Overloaded
· Casus Belli· Third Degree
· Savage Circus· Avenged Sevenfold
· Phantom X· Crystal Ball
· Urizen· God Forbid
· Dogs Of Winter· Decapitated
· End of Level Boss· Sodom
· Grimfist· Thryfing
· Katatonia· Cardinale
· Blackmore's Night· Intronaut
· Lair Of The Minotaur· Daylight Dies
· Tris Katone· Boris
· Degree Absolute· The Smackdown
· Black Crucifixion· Michael Orlando
· Cult of Luna· Gorgoroth
· Jotunspor· Space Odyssey
· Agalloch· The Finals
· Myon· Eyes of Ligeia
· Lupara· Obtest
· Panzerchrist· Middian
· Better Left Unsaid· Warmachine
· Blood Tsunami· Melechesh
· Battered· Crescent Shield
· Blood of the Black Owl· Trouble
· Passion· Pentacle
· Katrina Johansson· Rob Zombie
· Transmission 0· Funeral
· Ensiferum· Hell N' Diesel
· Pathology· Glenn Hughes
· 40 Below Summer· Pop Evil
· Puscifer· Equilibrium
· Wolfgate· Sotajumala
· Suffocation