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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Doberschau/Bautzen, Germany, active since 2010. Their polished sound bridges the gap between Gothenburg melodic death metal and modern metalcore from Upper Lusatia.
Chesterton, Indiana's Hellgrind have been grinding out punishing death metal from the industrial Midwest since 2019, their sound shaped by the region's working-class grit and no-frills aggression. Straight-ahead and ferocious, they owe nothing to subtlety.
Hellhaven is a melodic death/power metal band from Mosjøen, Norway, active since 2010 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Hellhog is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2012 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Kalamazoo, Michigan's Hellhole channel the sweeping melodic death metal tradition into tight, riff-driven songs that balance brutality with songcraft since 2013. Melody and violence coexist in their work without either element compromising the other.
Hellhound is a death metal band from Aimargues, France, active since 2013 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
German extreme metal project formed in 2025, evolving through multiple stylistic phases from noisecore through black/death metal and grindcore. Their restless genre-hopping reflects an uncompromising, boundary-defying approach to extreme music.
Hellish is a death metal band from Imola (Bologna), Italy, active since 2020 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Hellish Breed is a death/black metal band from North Brabant, the Netherlands, formed in 2020. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
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