Heavy Rotation is on a mission to present 10 of the best (recent) Heavy/Progressive/Power/Epic metal tracks that you must listen…
Curated by: Christos Doukakis
- Great Master is a melodic heavy/power metal band from Venice, Italy, and ‘Randy Dandy Oh‘ is the epic metal opener from their recently released album ‘Thy Harbour Inn‘.
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- Scarlet Desire is a Finnish-Greek symphonic heavy metal band. It was founded by Esa Mikkola and Danae Komodromou in 2014 in London, UK. ‘Maiden Of Snow‘ is based on Finnish mythology called Kalevala. Maiden of Snow is the second single ever released by the band.
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- British instrumental metal outfit Evolutionary Sleeper gift us with its 3-minute progressive metal mayhem ‘Where Wolves Once Roamed‘. If you are after monstrous guitar riffs and your hearts also beats post rock, you should invest on this one!
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- Tesla Shamans is an Italian hard’n’heavy band formed in early 2018 by a group of friends with the common desire to redeem themselves from their past experiences, and ‘Shamans‘ is their authoritative debut single!
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- Chicago based hard rock/heavy metal band War Gods of the Deep‘s ‘Who Wants to be Lonely‘ is a fine sample of their artistry. Old-school mix of hard rock with heavy metal combined with powerful guitars and anthemic melodies. Come on, put on your leather jacket!
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Sidewalk Mafia is a Finnish heavy metal/doom band from Helsinki and ‘This Frozen Paradise‘ is their vicious, first single from their upcoming album in the fall of 2021 on German record label Blood Rite Records. Reminded me of ‘Icon‘-era Paradise Lost!
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- Waves Of Distortion is a Sacramento heavy metal/metalcore group which delivers on their promise of noise to excess balanced with melodic groove on pummeling new album ‘Race Against Time’. Check this out!
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- German power metal legends Powerwolf are back in action this summer with their upcoming, new album ‘Call Of The Wild‘ via Napalm Records! ‘Beast of Gévaudan‘ is the first sample!
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- Marc Roussel hails from Canada and ‘Chaos, Final Part‘, is a 5-minute instrumental, progressive metal opus with bleeding riffs! Unmissable….
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- Canadian army Antioch recently returned with ‘Antioch V‘, and the opener ‘Hang The Eagle‘ is a pure NWOTHM masterpiece!
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