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Hellsworn is a death metal band from Midlands, United Kingdom, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Memphis's HellThrasher collide black metal, death metal, and crust punk into a grimy, feral hybrid since 2017 — the kind of music that sounds like it was recorded in a condemned building and means every second of it. Southern heat filtered through pitch-black nihilism.
Helltrain is a death 'n' roll band from Luleå, Sweden, active since 2012 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Hellucination is a groove/melodic death metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2015 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Death/thrash metal band from Moriken-Wildegg, Switzerland, active since 2011. Their punishing mix of death and thrash metal has been a consistent force in the Swiss German-speaking metal underground for over a decade.
Occult blackened death/doom from the Ordo Satanae Imperium collective. Shares members with Nyogthaeblisz and Nexul. Two albums on Iron Bonehead Productions.
Hellvoid is a thrash/death metal band from Ferrara, Italy, formed in 2015. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
An uncompromising death metal act from the portuguese underground, active since 2020. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Melodic death metal band from Offenburg, Germany, active since 2015. Their melodic approach balances sweeping guitar harmonies with death metal intensity from the Upper Rhine plain.
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