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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Borderland (2025)
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Unholy Savior (2015)
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St. Petersburg, Florida's Hanashi explore the atmospheric and depressive ends of black metal, their dense, mournful sound a striking contrast to Florida's reputation as a death metal state. Active since 2015.
Washington State's Hand of Flauros draw their name from demonological lore, and their black metal follows suit — occult in focus, dark in atmosphere, and deliberate in its malevolence since 2023.
Brooklyn's Hand of Glory take the occult imagery suggested by their name and translate it into black metal that feels rooted in genuine darkness rather than posture. Active since 2019 in New York City's dense underground.
Fayetteville, Arkansas's Hand of the Wicked combine melodic black and death metal with the kind of conviction that only comes from building something serious in a place where the scene doesn't hand anything to you. Formed in 2023.
From Lucca/Livorno in Italy, this black metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2014. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Hands of Cernunnos is a black metal project from Ufa, Russia, active since 2016 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Portland's Hands of Thieves cast a wide net across black, death, and doom metal, conjuring something genuinely dark and multifaceted since forming in 2016 in the Pacific Northwest underground.
Post-black metal and ambient project from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2016. Their ethereal sound dissolves the boundaries between black metal intensity and ambient serenity, creating immersive, meditative soundscapes.
Black metal project from Apolda, Germany, active since 2010. Named after the Norse god of the hanged, they forge atmospheric black metal steeped in Germanic pagan mythology from the heart of Thuringia.
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