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San Francisco's Hard Driver have been trafficking in traditional heavy metal since 2017, a city that once defined the genre's most extreme edges now home to a band with its eye firmly on the classic sound.
Brentwood, California's Hard Fail push melodic death metal with enough melodic sensibility to hook you and enough pure death metal weight to follow through since forming in 2018.
Philadelphia's Hardgore have been dealing in death-thrash brutality since 2016, the city's aggressive musical DNA running through every riff — unpolished, direct, and unapologetically vicious.
Jacksonville's Hardwired blends neoclassical flair with progressive metal's technical ambition, drawing on shred tradition as much as compositional complexity. Formed in 2016, they navigate the space between virtuosic guitar work and expansive song structures.
New Jersey's Hari Kari arrived in 2012 with thrash metal in their blood and a live reputation to match the name's reckless energy. They favor the Bay Area template — tight riffs, aggressive momentum, and an uncompromising attitude.
Evansville, Indiana's Harijin traffic in the low-and-slow heaviness of sludge and stoner metal, piling up fuzz-saturated riffs with the unhurried confidence of a band that trusts the groove. Formed in 2020, they lean hard into the hypnotic side of heavy.
St. Louis's Harkonin fuse the venomous attack of black metal with thrash's relentless forward drive, a combination that's been lethal since their 2022 formation. Their music hits with the speed and spite that the blackened thrash tradition demands.
Bel Air, Maryland's Harlequin Ichthyosis arrived in 2023 wielding melodic death metal that sharpens Scandinavian melodicism against American brutality. Their unsettling name hints at a willingness to push into uncomfortable sonic territory.
Saginaw, Michigan's Harlet emerged in 2020 playing heavy metal rooted in classic song craft — crunching riffs, assertive hooks, and a Midwest work ethic that shows in the music's directness. They're a straightforward heavy metal band without pretense.
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