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Heatwave (band)
Heatwave was a multinational funk-disco band formed in 1975 around the Wilder brothers and songwriter Rod Temperton, known for Boogie Nights, Always and Forever, and The Groove Line; distinct from the Melbourne cover band and the youth Heatwave Show Band.
Heaven & Hell (band)
Heaven & Hell, also called the Heaven and Hell band, was the 2006–2010 reunion of Dio-era Black Sabbath members Dio, Iommi, Butler, and Appice, named after the 1980 album; one studio album, The Devil You Know (2009).
Heaven 17
Heaven 17 (British Electric Foundation, B.E.F.) is an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1980 by ex-Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh with Glenn Gregory; known for Penthouse and Pavement, The Luxury Gap, and the UK number 2 hit Temptation.
Heavy metal genres
Heavy metal genres: the subgenre taxonomy of heavy metal music, also called metal, from traditional heavy metal and NWOBHM to extreme metal (thrash, death, black, doom), hybrids, and how scholars classify them.
Hedley (band)
Hedley was a Canadian pop rock band formed in 2003 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, fronted by Canadian Idol finalist Jacob Hoggard with Tommy Mac, Dave Rosin, and Chris Crippin; seven albums, Juno-winning Storms, 2018 hiatus after misconduct reports.
Heilung
Heilung is a Danish ritual-folk collective formed in Copenhagen in 2014, calling its music "amplified history": Juul, Faust, and Franz reconstruct pre-Christian European sound from runes, bones, and stones; albums Ofnir, Futha, Drif; fourth album due 2027.
Hellyeah
Hellyeah, American groove/alternative metal supergroup formed 2006 in Dallas, Texas, with members of Mudvayne, Nothingface, and Pantera/Damageplan; six albums 2007-2019, ended after Vinnie Paul's 2018 death and 2021 hiatus.
Henry Cow
Founded in 1968 by Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson, the English experimental rock band Henry Cow fused progressive rock, avant-garde composition, and free improvisation, founding the Rock in Opposition movement.
Her Loss
Her Loss is a 2022 collaborative album by Drake and 21 Savage: 16 tracks on OVO Sound/Republic, released November 4, 2022 with a Travis Scott feature and a fake-Vogue promo that drew a $4 million Condé Nast lawsuit; it topped the UK albums chart and scored 62 on Metacritic.
Her's
Her's (styled with a deliberately incorrect apostrophe) was a Liverpool indie pop duo of Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading, who died in a 2019 road accident in Arizona.
Herencia de Patrones
Herencia de Patrones, a corridos tumbados group formed in 2017 (Yuba City, California per Apple Music; Mexico per AllMusic), blends requinto, bajo sexto, and tuba with hip-hop flow; Rancho Humilde act behind Pa Las Vibras and El Mundo Es Tuyo.
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits, English beat/pop group from Manchester formed in the early 1960s, fronted by Peter Noone and produced by Mickie Most. British Invasion act with eleven US Top Ten hits, 1964-1967, including "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter."
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel is a Chilean post-rock/art rock sextet formed in Santiago in 2022, named after a Google-suggested German principality. Debut La Brea (2025) made Consequence's 50 best; Morir Saltando followed in 2026, plus a Pulsar Best New Artist award.
Hey Violet
Hey Violet is a Los Angeles pop rock band formed in 2008 as hard rock act Cherri Bomb, renamed in February 2015, signed to 5 Seconds of Summer's Hi or Hey Records, known for "Guys My Age" and the 2017 album From the Outside.
Hi-Five
Hi-Five is an American R&B quintet from Waco, Texas, formed in 1989 and known for the 1991 number one hit "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)."
Hiatus Kaiyote
Hiatus Kaiyote: Melbourne future soul quartet (Nai Palm, Paul Bender, Simon Mavin, Perrin Moss) formed 2011; three Grammy nominations; albums Tawk Tomahawk, Choose Your Weapon, Mood Valiant, Love Heart Cheat Code; sampled by Beyoncé, Drake, Kendrick Lamar.
Highlife
Highlife: West African popular music and dance genre from late-19th-century Ghana (Gold Coast), spread to Nigeria; guitars, brass, call-and-response; styles Dance Band, Guitar Band, Burger; UNESCO-inscribed 2025; precursor of Afrobeat and juju.
Highly Suspect
Highly Suspect (also styled Highly Suspect band) is an American rock band formed 2009 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, around Johnny Stevens and twins Ryan and Rich Meyer; known for Mister Asylum, "My Name Is Human," three Grammy nominations, and 800-plus live shows.
Hilliard Ensemble
The Hilliard Ensemble: English a cappella vocal quartet (active 1973/1974 to December 2014), founded by Paul Hillier, named after miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard; famed for early and new music, Arvo Pärt recordings, and the million-selling Officium albums with Jan Garbarek on ECM.
Hilltop Hoods
Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip hop trio from Adelaide: MCs Suffa (Matthew Lambert) and Pressure (Daniel Smith) with DJ Debris. The Calling (2003) was the first Australian hip-hop platinum album; six consecutive ARIA No. 1 albums, 10 ARIA Awards, Fall From The Light (2025).
HIM (Finnish band)
HIM (His Infernal Majesty), Finnish gothic rock band from Helsinki founded 1991 by Ville Valo; pioneered self-styled 'love metal'; hits 'Join Me in Death' and Dark Light, first Finnish RIAA gold album; disbanded 2017.
Hinder
Hinder: Oklahoma City rock band formed 2001 (Hanson, Garvey, Winkler). Debut Extreme Behavior (2005) went 3x Platinum; "Lips of an Angel" hit number one. Winkler left 2013; Marshal Dutton fronts since 2015.
Hindley Street Country Club
Hindley Street Country Club is an Australian cover band formed in Adelaide in 2017, known for weekly one-take re-recordings of 1970s to 1990s hits on YouTube.
Hiphop Tamizha (ஹிப்ஹாப் தமிழா)
Hiphop Tamizha (ஹிப்ஹாப் தமிழா), also styled Hip Hop Tamizhan, is the Chennai hip hop duo of Adhi and R Jeeva, whose 2012 debut Hip Hop Tamizhan was the first Tamil hip hop album by Indian musicians; they later scored Thani Oruvan and Meesaya Murukku.
Hippo Campus
Hippo Campus: Minnesota indie rock band formed 2013 in St. Paul by Jake Luppen, Nathan Stocker, Zach Sutton, and Whistler Allen; albums Landmark, Bambi, LP3, and Flood (2024, Psychic Hotline), over a billion streams.
Hitsujibungaku (羊文学)
Hitsujibungaku (羊文学) is a Japanese alternative rock trio formed around 2011 by Moeka Shiotsuka, with Yurika Kasai on bass; major debut 2020 on F.C.L.S., known for "more than words" (Jujutsu Kaisen) and the album our hope.
Hole (band)
Hole is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989 by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson. Albums Pretty on the Inside, Live Through This, and Celebrity Skin; dissolved 2002; no reunion as of 2026.
Hollywood Undead
Hollywood Undead, Los Angeles rap rock band formed 2005 on MySpace by Deuce and J-Dog; known for pseudonymous members and hockey-goalie-style masks; platinum Swan Songs (2008), Billboard No. 2 Notes from the Underground (2013), now on Sumerian Records with masks revived in 2024.
Hollywood Vampires (band)
Hollywood Vampires: American rock supergroup formed in 2012 by Alice Cooper, Joe Perry, and Johnny Depp, named after Cooper's 1970s Rainbow Bar & Grill drinking club; albums Hollywood Vampires (2015) and Rise (2019).
Hombres G
Hombres G, Spanish pop-rock band formed in Madrid in 1982 by David Summers, Rafa Gutiérrez, Dani Mezquita, and Javier Molina; named after the 1935 film G-Men, famous for 1980s fan mania in Spain and Latin America, seven albums to 1992, reunion in 2002, and an active 2026 tour.