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Born in the forests and winters of New Hampshire in 2024, Havener weave atmospheric black metal that prizes texture and mood over pure aggression. Their sound is expansive and cold, built from layered tremolo passages and cavernous production that evokes bleak northern landscapes.
Brutal death metal act with deathcore elements from Liverpool, active since 2015. Their receptor-themed name suits compositions that channel extreme metal brutality from one of England's most iconic cities.
Havoc is a black metal band from Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2001. The band's lyrical themes revolve around Satanism, death, destruction, and the apocalypse, rooted in the darker traditions of the genre. After early demos in 2003 and 2004, they released their full-length debut Icon of Destruction: Atrocity Divine in 2007.
Black metal project from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2012. Their predatory approach channels the raw aggression and atmospheric darkness of the German black metal underground.
Havocum is a black metal project from Ireland, active since 2018 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Ireland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Connecticut's Havohej operate in the shadow of the early American black metal underground, pairing scathing black metal orthodoxy with experimental inclinations that push the genre into stranger, more dissonant territory. Few US acts bring this level of dark conceptual commitment to the form.
Power metal and shred project from Maybole in Scotland, active since 2019. Their celestial storm name matches technically ambitious compositions blending power metal grandeur with virtuoso guitar work.
Progressive power metal outfit from London, active since 2020. Their masterful name matches ambitious compositions blending technical proficiency with the epic scope of European power metal.
Hawkmoon is a black metal project from Marseille, France, active since 2017 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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