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Helloween　

Alongside Switzerland’s Celtic Frost and Sweden’s Bathory, Germany’s Helloween were possibly the most influential heavy metal band to come out of Europe during the 1980s. By taking the har ..more

Hawkwind　

Any sci-fi fan with long memories probably remembers those 1970s’ DAW paperback editions of Michael Moorcock’s sword-and-sorcery novels, with their images of heavily armored, very muscular warri ..more

Hall and Oates　

From their first hit in 1974 through their heyday in the ’80s, Daryl Hall and John Oates’ smooth, catchy take on Philly soul brought them enormous commercial success -- including six number o ..more

Hurts (UK)　

How To Destroy Angels　

Named after a 1984 Coil single, How to Destroy Angels features Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor, former West Indian Girl singer (and Reznor’s wife) Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus R ..more

Heart　

Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson are the creative spark behind Heart, a hard rock group who initially found success in the mid-’70s only to reach greater heights after engineering a major come ..more

Hardcore Superstar　

Paying little attention to the extreme death metal sounds their hometown was renowned for, the four natives of Gothenburg, Sweden, who formed Hardcore Superstar in 1998 drew upon melodic, glamme ..more

House Of Love　

The post-Smiths guitar pop of the House of Love was popular for a short time in the late ’80s and early ’90s, as many college and alternative rock fans became converts to their mixture ..more

Humble Pie　

A showcase for former Small Faces’ frontman Steve Marriott and one-time Herd guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton, the hard rock outfit Humble Pie formed in Essex, England in 1969. Also fe ..more

Him (His Infernal Majesty)　

Hinder　

Hinder began crafting cocky, raucous post-grunge in the early 2000s, when Oklahoma City residents Joe Garvey and drummer Cody Hanson found Austin Winkler singing cover songs at a colleg ..more

Hadouken　

One of the many indie bands that fought for the title Voice of Young Britain 2008, Hadouken! arrived with the manifesto We are the wasted youth/And we are the future too. Naming themselves afte ..more

Hoobastank　

While the heavy alternative sounds of Tool and Alice in Chains were primary influences on Hoobastank’s sound, the post-grunge quartet tempered the gloomier elements of such music with a subur ..more

Harry Nilsson　

Although he synthesized disparate elements of both rock and pop traditions, singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson was at heart a maverick whose allegiance belonged to neither. His initial series ..more

Holy Grail　

Hunter Hayes (Country)　

Hatebreed　

The New Haven, Connecticut-based Hatebreed got together in 1993 for the purpose of creating a back to basics hardcore band with heavy metallic guitars, screaming vocals, and 30-second songs. Cons ..more

Howlin' Wolf　

In the history of the blues, there has never been anyone quite like the Howlin’ Wolf. Six foot three and close to 300 pounds in his salad days, the Wolf was the primal force of the music spun ..more

Heaven Shall Burn　

Munich, Germany’s Heaven Shall Burn specialize in highly controversial and politicized death metal fused with hardcore; a hybrid style often referred to as death-core. Combining their militan ..more

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