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This Godless Endeavor (2005)
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Philadelphia's Hardgore have been dealing in death-thrash brutality since 2016, the city's aggressive musical DNA running through every riff — unpolished, direct, and unapologetically vicious.
Hardverne is a death/thrash metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, France, formed in 2018. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Emerging from Padua's underground, this melodic death/black metal act has been forging thunderous sonic fury since 2015. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Bel Air, Maryland's Harlequin Ichthyosis arrived in 2023 wielding melodic death metal that sharpens Scandinavian melodicism against American brutality. Their unsettling name hints at a willingness to push into uncomfortable sonic territory.
Rooted in Norfolk's underground, this progressive death metal project delivers savage compositions with conviction since 2018. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
Milwaukee's Harlots have spent two decades sharpening the intersection of metalcore and technical death metal into something genuinely punishing. Formed in 2004, they bring the rhythmic punch of the former and the surgical precision of the latter in equal measure.
Harma is a death/thrash metal (early); groove metal (later) band from Björklinge, Sweden, formed in 2021. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Austrian melodic death metal act delivering technically proficient instrumental metal with atmospheric and doom-inflected passages. Their album Discord features extended compositions that blend dark ambient textures with crushing guitar work.
Harmony Breaks is a melodic death/groove metal band from Zelenograd, Russia, active since 2016 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
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