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Short-lived black/thrash n roll in the vein of Destroyer 666, Midnight, and Bathory. Active 2014-2016.
Hellknights is a death metal/crust punk band from Poltava, Ukraine, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
HellLight is a funeral doom/death metal trio from São Paulo, Brazil, comprising Fabio de Paula (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Robson Silva (drums), and Alexandre Vida (bass). The band has released a substantial catalog including "No God Above, No Devil Below" (2013) and "Journey Through Endless Storms" (2015), the latter earning praise for its balance of atmospheric keyboards, death growls, and melodic guitar work. Their eighth full-length album, "We, The Dead", was released in 2025 on Meuse Music Records.
HellNoise is a death/thrash metal band from Viña del Mar, Chile, who recorded their debut album "Hell Is Here" in Viña del Mar between May and July 2022. The nine-track record was mixed and mastered in Barcelona, Spain, and released independently on September 1, 2023.
Hellscourge is a black/death metal band from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band channels themes of the Devil and hellfire through a raw blackened death metal approach, and released the full-length "Unmerciful Blasphemies" through Dybbuk Records.
Black/death metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2024. Their fierce blend of black and death metal aggression brings fresh extremity to the Aarhus underground.
Portland's Hellshock have spent over two decades hammering out a vicious blend of crust punk, death metal, and thrash — a trifecta of filth that hits like a pipe wrench wrapped in barbed wire. Since 2001, they've remained one of the Pacific Northwest's most reliably punishing acts.
Brutal death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2017. Their merciless approach delivers punishing brutality from the Catalan extreme metal underground.
Based in Kadıköy, this black/death metal project has been a fixture of Turkey's underground since 2015. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
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