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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Heift is a black metal project from Hveragerði, Iceland, active since 2018 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Iceland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Heights of Despair is a depressive black metal band from Pontremoli (Massa-Carrara), Italy, formed in 2013. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Los Angeles outfit Heil drags black metal into the sweat-soaked chaos of hardcore, fusing scathing tremolo aggression with the blunt physicality of the pit. Since 2012 they have weaponized both traditions into something confrontational and hard to classify.
Heilige Sonne is a black metal project from Grand Est / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black metal band from Pontevedra, Spain, active since 2010. Their atmospheric sound channels the misty, Atlantic-facing landscapes of Galicia through raw black metal.
Black metal project from Osnabruck, Germany, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of cold, atmospheric black metal have made them a fixture of the Lower Saxon underground.
Spawned in Ufa's underground, this pagan black metal outfit channels russian ferocity since 2021. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Pagan black metal band from Ahlen, Germany. Named after the Norse watchman god's vigil, they deliver atmospheric pagan black metal steeped in Norse mythology from the Westphalian heartland.
Black metal project from Bautzen, Germany, formed in 2017. Their sound emerges from the historic Sorbian-German border town in Upper Lusatia with dark, atmospheric intensity.
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