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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
· Cave In· Scanner
· Children Of Bodom· Tiamat
· Neck· Twelfth Gate
· Twisted Tower Dire· Dirty Power
· Helloween· Overkill
· Ring of Fire· Lamb of God
· Late Nite Romeo· Hammerwhore
· Pelican· Brainstorm
· Goat Horn· Inner Rage of Emotion
· Mourning Beloveth· Beautiful Creatures
· Stalker· Slayer
· Fraise· Probot
· Doro· F5
· Node· Shiva
· Madison Paige· Graveland
· Iron Angel· Hatework
· Juggernott· Feinstein
· Vox Tempus· Lilitu
· Dream Evil· Saxon
· Images of Eden· Beaten Back To Pure
· Tearabyte· Lullacry
· Medusa· Annihilator
· Valume Nob· Mine
· The Project Hate· Arch Enemy
· Hanzel Und Gretyl· Rush
· Twisted Sister· Tristania
· Betrayer· Azrael's Bane
· Fifth Cross· Paradise Lost
· Entombed· Hellfueled
· Kamelot· Quiet Riot
· Yyrkoon· Car Bomb
· Desire Black· Angtoria
· Wolverine· the missing:
· Darkthrone· Samael
· Marduk· Novembers Doom
· Meshuggah· Axel Rudi Pell
· Gizmachi· Ramesses
· Babylon· Throes of Dawn
· Def Leppard· Hatesphere
· Disbelief· Embraze
· Raging Speedhorn· Slough Feg
· Circus Maximus· Power Quest
· Alice Cooper· Nightvision
· Fates Warning· Widow
· Holy Blood· Edenbridge
· Clutch· Iron Maidens
· Scar Symmetry· Mercyful Fate
· Russell Allen· Ignarus
· Savage Circus· Damnation
· Doomfoxx· Gojira
· Avulsed· God Forbid
· Absolution· Early Man
· Grimfist· Nobody's Fool
· End My Sorrow· Witchery
· Katatonia· Cardinale
· Blackmore's Night· Upwards of Endtime
· The Berzerker· Leviathan/Sapthuran
· Pyramaze· Elvenking
· Speed/Kill/Hate· 8th Sin
· Sun Descends· Royal Hunt
· Spawn of Possession· Fragments of Unbecoming
· Suzukiton· Vengeance
· Amon Amarth· Shadows Within
· Woodtemple· I
· Pump· Battle Bratt
· Mastodon· Winger
· Darkness Eternal· Middian
· Celtic Frost· Urkraft
· Terry Sullivan· In This Moment
· Warbringer· Static-X
· Crescent Shield· Merciless Death
· Marc Sasso· Cattle Decapitation
· Mithras· Pentacle
· Katrina Johansson· Rob Zombie
· Trenchfoot· Night Ranger
· Mass Extinction· Dantesco
· Averse Sefira· Glenn Hughes
· I Shalt Become· Ost Est Ima
· Last Stone Cast· Uriah Heep
· End of Man· Place Of Skulls
· Luna Mortis· Suffocation