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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
· Nightwish· Opeth
· Children Of Bodom· Dokken
· Grave Digger· Narziß
· Anthrax· Symphorce
· Celestial Ode· Majesty
· Mark Boals· Usurper
· Vaginal Carnage· Advent
· Widowmaker· Wizard
· Dr. Butcher· Black Label Society
· Led Zeppelin· The Chainsaw
· Biomechanical· Wycked Synn
· Morbid Angel· Kilfast
· Victory· King Diamond
· Sludge!· Edguy
· Hard Echo· Superchrist
· Gothic Knights· Riot
· Ebony Ark· Madison Paige
· Outworld· Edge Of Forever
· Low Earth Orbit· U.D.O.
· Judas Priest· Black Zodiac
· Cyst· Joey Belladonna
· Skeletonwitch· Wintersun
· Dark Age· Lullacry
· Otep· Six Feet Under
· Blind Guardian· Triumph
· Betrayer· Napalm Death
· Feared Creation· Kinetic
· Paradise Lost· Scenteria
· Rottweiller· Entombed
· Quiet Riot· Labyrinth
· Sabaton· Desire Black
· Mystic Prophecy· Wolverine
· Crimson Moonlight· Argument Soul
· Antares· Freedom Call
· Novembers Doom· Bleed The Sky
· Axis Of Perdition· Magica
· Axel Rudi Pell· Soul SirkUS
· Strapping Young Lad· Ramesses
· Callenish Circle· Shade Empire
· Pro-Pain· Def Leppard
· Hatesphere· Blind Stare
· Astarte· Manntis
· Brand New Sin· Communic
· Slough Feg· Sentenced
· Dark Funeral· The Father Panic Riot Orchestra
· Killing Spree· Resurrecturis
· Morgana Lefay· Iron Maidens
· Blitzkrieg· Octavia Sperati
· Loits· Mercyful Fate
· Violent Storm· Algol3
· Running Wild· Savage Circus
· Arthemis· Damnation
· Dechrist· Dreamland
· Infliction· Zero Down
· Taunusheim· Early Man
· Insense· Mental Care Foundation
· Intronaut· Ephel Duath
· Fields Of The Nephilim· Leviathan/Sapthuran
· Elvenking· Speed/Kill/Hate
· TK-421· Royal Hunt
· Before Silence· Suzukiton
· Psycroptic· Ynis Vitrin
· Agalloch· Zero Hour
· Abominant· The Abominable Iron Sloth
· Isis· Mastodon
· Satyricon· Teeth of the Hydra
· Darkness Eternal· Starkweather
· Deicide· Better Left Unsaid
· Urkraft· Centinex
· Handful of Hate· Fu Manchu
· Lost Eden· Southern Gentleman
· Battered· Terry Sullivan
· Static-X· The Chronicles of Israfel
· Grenouer· Cattle Decapitation
· Chrome Division· Wuthering Heights
· Lipstick Magazine· Hearse
· Hell N' Diesel· Dantesco
· Averse Sefira· Mortiis
· Jesus Martyr· Last Stone Cast
· Bullet For My Valentine· Uriah Heep
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