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Blackened death/gothic metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2020. Their distinctive fusion merges the brutality of blackened death metal with the dark romance of gothic metal.
Hecate is a black metal project from Tours, France, active since 2011 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hecate is a black metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, whose lineup features vocalist Lord Thanatos, guitarist Pagan Priestess, drummer Daymon, and bassist Misantropico Herege. The band released the full-length album Odes ao Oculto in 2003 and the EP V.I.T.R.I.O.L. in 2014, with lyrical themes centered on paganism, occultism, and satanism. They are signed to Sphera Noctis Records.
Hecate Enthroned is a symphonic/melodic black metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2019. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Hecate Pagan is a black metal band from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2018 and signed to Silentium in Foresta Records. Their themes center on the goddess Hecate, paganism, witchcraft, and darkness, with the 2023 full-length The All Seeing Eye as their debut album.
Hecatombed is a death/black metal band from Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, formed in 2020. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
A savage black/death/sludge metal entity from Slovakia, active since 2024. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Hedendom is a pagan raw black metal project from Buenos Aires, driven by vocalist and lyricist Javert Nihil with session guitar and bass contributions from Gon Rillo. The project released its self-titled demo in 2015 — a four-track cassette featuring songs including "The Shadows," "Whisper in the Night," and "Spectral Fall" — which was distributed physically through Triumphant Cadaver Label in Sweden. Javert Nihil has run multiple one-person projects since 2010, with Hedendom as the primary black metal outlet.
Hedenskfrid is a atmospheric black metal band from Finland, formed in 2023. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
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