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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Extreme Power Metal (2019)
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rosemary (2023)
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Headstone Down is a death/groove metal band from Portsmouth, United Kingdom, active since 2013 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
St. Louis's Headworm tunnel through the brain with a particularly nasty strain of death metal and grindcore, collapsing the distance between surgical brutality and pure chaotic noise. Since 2018, they've been one of Missouri's more abrasive underground exports.
Headwound is a death/thrash metal band from Cornwall, England, formed in 2019. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Pasadena, Texas's Hearken have been summoning death metal out of the Houston metro area since 2017, carrying forward a tradition of technically demanding, riff-driven brutality with roots deep in Texas's storied extreme metal history. Their music commands attention with the weight of genuine conviction.
Rhode Island's Heart of the Unformed blend melodic death metal savagery with traditional heavy metal hooks and hard rock dynamics, creating a hybrid that's both accessible and genuinely heavy. The Barrington band has been refining this approach since 2020 with an ear for both aggression and melody.
Heartache is a doom/death metal band from Salsk, Russia, formed in 2010. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Heartkiller is a thrash/melodic death metal band from Debrecen, Hungary, formed in 2023. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Melodic death metal band from Graz, Austria, active since 2009 with a deep catalog including Oathbreaker, Armored Bards, and Weltenwandel. Known for catchy melodies and crushing riffs, they have shared stages with Ensiferum, Equilibrium, Eluveitie, and Korpiklaani across four European tours.
San Diego's Heathen God arrived in 2024 at the intersection of blackened and melodic death metal, a debut act with ambition written into their name and immediacy in their execution. Their blend of melodic death metal craft and black metal atmosphere positions them as one of Southern California's more intriguing recent arrivals.
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