Helstar is an American heavy metal band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1982 by guitarist Larry Barragan.[1] They were an influential force in the American power metal genre emerging in the mid-1980s.

Alcatrazz are best known for their songs "Island in the Sun", "Hiroshima Mon Amour", and "God Blessed Video". The band went through a number of line-up changes, with Bonnet being the only member to be in every incarnation of Alcatrazz. They are also notable for featuring a previously-unknown Yngw...

The story of TRAITOR begins in 2009, when after various fun projects of the individual band members finally nails with heads are made. In the same year, two demos are released. "Thrash Metal Victory" and "Inclination To Aggression", which reap pretty fat laurels in the underground, so the directi...

Since releasing their debut album “Have Gun, Will Travel ” in 2010, REZET are known for delivering high-class Thrash Metal with a unique blend and different taste.

The northern Germans‘ successful mix of cutting riffs, pounding grooves, catchy vocals and intelligent lyrics have always made them ...

Alestorm are a Scottish heavy metal band formed in Perth, Scotland. Their music is characterised by a pirate theme, and as a result, they have been dubbed a "pirate metal" band by many critics and their fanbase. The group currently consists of lead vocalist/keytarist Christopher Bowes, bassist Ga...

Deadlock is a German heavy metal band from Schwarzenfeld, Bavaria. In 2010 they supported Lacuna Coil on tour.

Deadlock incorporate melodic death metal as well as some metalcore aspects. What makes Deadlock different is the combination of death growls and female clean vocals. Also included in th...

Coal Chamber broke out of the Los Angeles alternative metal scene in 1997 with a sound often compared to Korn, although both bands formed around the same time and are quality representations of the scene's overall sound -- the heavy, detuned guitars of the murkiest Black Sabbath; grungy, noisy te...

End of Green is a German gothic/doom metal band formed in Stuttgart in 1992. According to singer Michael Huber, the band's name implies the end of the color green, which typically symbolizes hope. This fits with the type of music the band produces. The band describes its style as Depressed Subcor...

Legion of the Damned is a Dutch thrash metal/death metal band. The band was formed in 1992 as Occult, but changed their name in 2006 to Legion of the Damned. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events. They have recorded their albums...

My Sleeping Karma is a German instrumental Quatuor that takes you into a mind-blowing sonic experience. Their music is a trip.

They are no beginners, no amateurs, and when they hop on stage they make you forget about everything around you: they take you by the hand into the deepest and hidden co...

Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. The Latin name means "dance of death". It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."

An intense live act with an elaborate stage show, medieval metal outfit Saltatio Mortis emerged in the early ...

One of heavy metal's most powerful and distinctive voices, Dee Snider ascended to hard rock royalty in the early 1980s as the lead singer for New Jersey-based glam-metallers Twisted Sister. A charismatic and outspoken frontman -- in 1985, alongside John Denver and Frank Zappa, he testified agains...

Serenity has been around for nearly twenty years, and they're not planing on retiring any time soon! Their songs are inspired by famous historic persons like the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Leonardo, Da'Vinci, etc. And are must haves for every melodic or symphonic metal f...

Skindred is a Welsh band that fuses heavy metal with other genres, most notably reggae.

Formed in Newport in 1998, they are well known for their energetic and involving live performances and have won several awards including "Best Live Band" at the 2011 UK Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards and th...

Subway to Sally is a German folk metal band founded in Potsdam in the early 1990s. Their music has clear folk and medieval influences, later also adding gothic and metal elements. With their continuous inclusion of oriental sounds and elements of classical music and the use of instruments seldom ...

Epic doom metal band from Göteborg, Sweden.

Formed by Tom Sutton in autumn 2013 (together with Patrik Andersson Winberg, Hans Lilja and Staffan Björck) after he left Church Of Misery and moved to Göteborg.
Defunct ("it's time to let the band sleep for now") on 6th of February 2021.

The Unguided is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed by Richard Sjunnesson, Roger Sjunnesson, Roland Johansson and John Bengtsson, all of whom are former members of Sonic Syndicate. Later, they were joined by Cipher System bassist Henric Liljesand. Bengtsson was replaced by Richard Schill i...

With metal anthems like ‘Heavy Metal Breakdown’, GRAVE DIGGER are one of the most influential and pioneering bands of the German heavy metal scene since the early 80s, and 2020 will celebrate the 40th anniversary of these Teutonic metal masters! The ethos of the band has not changed, and yet GRAV...

Germany’s hottest band to date, FEUERSCHWANZ, unleash their new studio album, Fegefeuer [EN: Purgatory], on July 7, 2023 via Napalm Records! Formed in 2004, the band has gradually shifted from their roots in comedic medieval folk into a much more serious direction. With the switch to Napalm Recor...

Stryper’s career album sales exceed 10 million worldwide, including 1986’s multiplatinum release To Hell with the Devil. The band also made history when it notched two songs simultaneously in MTV’s Top 10 with videos “Free” and “Honestly.”

Today, close to 40 years after emerging from the souther...

Leaves' Eyes is a symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway. They were formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, formerly the lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy.

Most of Leaves' Eyes' lyrics, written by Liv Kristine until her departure in 2016, concern Norse mythology and the Viking Age. The melodic sin...

Lordi is a Finnish hard rock band, formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker, Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu). In addition to their melodic metal music, Lordi are also known for wearing monster masks and using horror elements with pyrotechnics during concerts and mu...

Bonfire (originally Cacumen) is a German heavy metal/hard rock band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972 by Hans Ziller. In 1986, based on the advice of the record company and the management, the band changed its name to Bonfire. The original founder Hans Ziller is still in the band and is the...