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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Homomilitia is a crust/hardcore punk (early); crossover/hardcore punk/thrash metal (later) band from Łódź, Poland, formed in 2022. They deliver high-energy crossover thrash with punk-fueled aggression.
Hordes of the Apocalypse is a black/thrash metal/crust act from Borgholm, Sweden, active since 2015 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Black/Thrash Metal, Crust outfit rooted in Hämeenlinna, channeling furious underground intensity since 2009. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
Hostiliter is a death metal/crust band from Viterbo, Italy, active since 2011 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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.
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.
Hailing from Banská Štiavnica, this thrash metal/crossover/crust outfit channels menacing energy within Slovakia's metal scene. Pit-starting riffs and furious tempos characterize their thrash approach.
New Jersey's Humanicide blend black metal's cold fury with the d-beat pulse and social rage of crust punk, forging something that sounds like civilization finally getting what it deserves. A project as hostile to comfort as the name implies.
Sludge metal/crust band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2018. Their crushing fusion of sludge heaviness and crust punk aggression creates a nihilistic wall of sound from the German capital.
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