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Hawkmoonmor is a epic/atmospheric black metal band from Odesa, Ukraine, formed in 1999. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Out of Wellsville, Ohio, Haxxan have channeled raw, atmospheric black metal into their work since 2017, building on a tradition of American underground black metal that prizes sincerity and darkness over production values. Their Bandcamp presence signals a deliberately lo-fi, DIY aesthetic.
Symphonic black/doom metal act from Innsbruck, Austria, formed in 2020. Their debut album Invocation, recorded at Village Road Studios and mastered at Kalthallen Studios, delivers eight tracks of blackened doom steeped in pagan themes across a weighty forty-one minutes.
Haze of Summer is a melodic black/post-metal band from Podolsk, Russia, formed in 2017. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Hazelwyrm is a black metal/dungeon synth project from Rotterdam, Netherlands, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hazeroth is a Christian black metal (unblack metal) band from Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active since 2013 in their current incarnation. The band occupies a distinct space within the Brazilian black metal underground, combining raw, aggressive black metal with explicitly Christian lyrical themes. Their discography includes the album Arsenal and the 2013 release Mene Mene Tequel Ufarsim, the latter issued as a limited edition of 200 copies.
Depressive black metal project from Petrvald, Czech Republic, formed in 2023. Their harrowing sound channels deep emotional anguish into raw, sorrowful black metal that lives up to the weight of their name.
HDLNKGS was a raw black metal project from Ponta Grossa, Paraná, active from 2018 until their split-up. The project released the EP Pone Diabolus Custodiam in May 2022, a three-track independent digital release documenting their stripped-down, lo-fi approach to Brazilian black metal.
He Exists to Tempt Humans Toward Evil is a black metal project from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Finland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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