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Hideous End is a death/groove metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2025 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
A brand-new presence in the avant-garde death metal sphere, Hierarchies arrived in 2025 with technical ambition and a willingness to bend genre logic in pursuit of something genuinely strange. Their approach to death metal is as much compositional problem-solving as it is sonic brutality.
Hieronymus Bosch is a progressive death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2023 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
An established black/sludge metal, hardcore voice from Ravenna, contributing to Italy's underground since 2016. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Hierophobia is a death metal band from Tambov, Russia, active since 2018 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Brno, Czech Republic, active since 2016. Their merciless blend of slam-heavy brutality and grindcore velocity makes for a devastating listening experience.
High School Massacre is a death metal and grindcore band from Curitiba, Brazil, formed in 2011 by Marcelo Mattos and Weliton Lisboa with the explicit aim of writing fast, short songs in the death/grind style. The band self-released a six-song demo in 2012 and followed it with the EP Alienation, recorded at Avant Garde Studio; vocalist Larissa Pires is known for her powerful guttural delivery.
Highblood is a death metal/grindcore band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Melodic black/death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2014. Their sophisticated blend of melodic precision and extreme metal aggression brings technical excellence to the Swabian scene.
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