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Twelve years after La came crude, the French sludge crew are back — and the second video from Canes Gothi ! is the record's shortest, meanest cut. The band dropped us a line to share it.

The first six months of 2026 have delivered an extraordinary spread of heavy music — and at HeavyMusicGuide we have been keeping score.

We've hit version 1.0. If you've just landed here for the first time, this is your guided tour: how to browse, who runs the place, what each button does, and how to make the catalog yours.

A tour through recent updates to HeavyMusicGuide — from a proportional symbol world map on the catalog page to band dossiers that now carry streaming links, founded years, view counters, and related bands via shared tags.

A Headbanger’s Editorial short Journey Through Heavy Rock & Metal (1960s–Now).

HeavyGuide just got a lot more visual. A new Videos section is now live, bringing official music videos directly into the guide — automatically matched to the bands already in the database.

This series explores three distinct expressions of black metal: • Raw & Orthodox Black Metal — Ritualistic, primitive, uncompromising • Pagan & Folk Black Metal — Ancestral, melodic, nature-bound • Atmospheric Black Metal — Expansive, immersive, melancholic

So, you’ve decided to explore the vast and occasionally intimidating world of metal and hard rock. First of all: welcome. Second: don’t worry — nobody understands all of this at first. Not even the guy who claims he only listens to "pre-‘92 underground Norwegian second-wave demos".

HeavyMusicGuide is your guide to heavy music - a curated, searchable playlist of metal and hard rock spanning every subgenre, decade and country. Here's what you can do on the site today, and what's coming soon.