H.M.P is Heavy Metal Poetry. A four-piece band of twenty-somethings from Washington who have quickly become a top-drawing Seattle metal act. The band started as sophomores in high school back in 2002 but after their reputation for rowdy crowds and broken venues spread throughout the Snoqualmie Valley, they were forced to take their unique breed of old-school heavy metal westward, to Seattle and Tacoma. Bringing their killer live show with them, they broke into the local metal scene in 2004 opening for Metal Church at Studio 7 in Seattle. The quartet has since shared the stage with such modern heavy hitters as Origin, Vader, Malevolent Creation, Dew-Scented and Animosity, and have even begun headlining their own Seattle shows. The band has also played with thrash legends Exodus and Ozzfest 2006-act Full Blown Chaos on the Seattle stop of their U.S. tour -- scheduled to open for them again in February. In these few years, the band has grown to play at such nationally renowned Seattle venues as Studio 7, El Corazon, The Experience Music Project, The Premier and the Fenix Underground.

H.M.P gained recognition from their self-titled debut album Heavy Metal Poetry which, released in March of '07, sold its first 500 copies locally in barely over 3 weeks and continues to sell very well and receive rave reviews. It was dubbed "The album Metallica would have made after ...And Justice for All" by a Puerto Rican metal mag and received 90/100s and 4/5s elsewhere. Songs from the album have gained airplay on many internet and terrestrial radio stations worldwide, including Seattle's biggest rock radio station, 99.