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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Dial Tone (2022)
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Hortus Animae is a progressive black metal project from Rimini, Italy, active since 2014 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Horyn is a atmospheric black metal band from Slavuta, Ukraine, formed in 2025. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Host is a black/heavy metal with thrash metal influences act from Zawiercie, Poland, active since 2019 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Hosts of Lord formed in 2020 and operate within the grimmer traditions of black metal, conjuring cold, ceremonial darkness with a militancy implied by the name itself. An act steeped in orthodox hostility.
Gainesville, Florida's Hot Graves are a swamp-rotten convergence of death metal, black metal, thrash, and crust punk, active since 2011 and sounding like something that crawled up from Florida soil. Ferocious, irreverent, and distinctly Southern in its ugliness.
Rising from Budapest in Hungary, this black metal outfit harnesses relentless power since 2024. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Hotbild is a black metal/crust act from Ludvika, Sweden, active since 2003 and fusing black metal aggression with punk-influenced rawness and energy. The project bridges extreme metal and underground punk traditions.
Seattle's Hoth take their name from the frozen Star Wars planet, and the melodic death-black metal they've crafted since 2012 earns the reference — vast, icy, and cinematic in scope. Their music reaches for the cosmos while keeping the riffs sharp.
Based in Yekaterinburg, this atmospheric black metal project has been a fixture of Russia's underground since 2025. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
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