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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.

See the bands here: [Full Column Link]


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RANDOM ACTS OF METAL
· In Flames· Into Eternity
· Nightwish· Steel Prophet
· White Skull· Vicious Mary
· Carpathian Forest· Karaboudjan
· Tiamat· Perzonal War
· Regurgitate· Twelfth Gate
· Goatwhore· Deranged
· Twisted Tower Dire· Symphorce
· Commit Suicide· Celestial Ode
· Nazareth· Mark Boals
· Usurper· Crematorium
· Wizard· Black Sabbath
· Godiva· Chainsnap
· Stryper· Eidolon
· Murdercycle· Iron Savior
· Dreamaker· Fear Factory
· Three Inches of Blood· Black Stone Cherry
· UFO· Bleeding Inc
· Gamma Ray· Highlord
· Lonewolf· Judas Priest
· Brutal Mastication· Hatework
· Dimmu Borgir· Joe Lynn Turner
· Vox Tempus· Saxon
· Unearth· Polterchrist
· Jungle Rot· Throcult
· Arch Enemy· Silent Force
· Mirror of Deception· Anger
· Jackyl· Angra
· Dark Tranquillity· Paradise Lost
· Crowbar· Ligeia
· Lost Soul· Crionics
· Kamelot· Maze Of Torment
· Seige of Hate· Shatterpoint
· Hellfire· Mechanical Poet
· Desire Black· Carina Alfie
· Chuck Schuldiner· Crimson Moonlight
· Meshuggah· Drunkard
· Holy Moses· Thunderblast
· Neil Turbin· Pro-Pain
· Nightrage· Hatesphere
· Embraze· Blind Stare
· Rudra· Amorphis
· Vicious Art· Unshine
· Dynamic Lights· Slik Helvetika
· Sebastian Bach· Ritual Killer
· Nightvision· Wetwork
· Impaled Nazarene· Edenbridge
· Blitzkrieg· Flotsam & Jetsam
· The Scourger· Loits
· Lake Of Tears· Redemption
· Black Majesty· Eternal Reign
· Winterfell· Forever Slave
· Casus Belli· Running Wild
· Vinterriket· Akercocke
· Ram-Zet· Skullshifter
· Taunusheim· From This Day
· Craft· Across Tundras
· Ephel Duath· Upwards of Endtime
· Scum· The Ocean
· Manngard· The Smackdown
· Elvenking· Cavalar
· Candlemass· Down Factor
· Dreams of Damnation· Stormcrow
· Non-Human Level· Sun Descends
· Michael Orlando· Unsilent Phenomenon
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· Fleshgore· Oblomov
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· Extium· Lecherous Nocturne
· Gaza· Blood Tsunami
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· Incrave· Manes
· Transmission 0· Lipstick Magazine
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· Deadsea· End of Man
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