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Horizon Ablaze is a black/death metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, formed in 2018. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Death metal band from Maracena, Spain, active since 2016. Their punishing sound delivers crushing death metal from the Granada metropolitan area.
Horned is a death metal band from Skoghall, Sweden, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Horned God was a death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, originally formed in 1998 under the name Sacrifice before adopting their definitive name in 2000. The band released their debut album "Absit" in 2001 on Tumba Records, followed by "Chaos, Bringer of All Revelations" in 2003 on France's Listenable Records, and toured alongside Krisiun, Cannibal Corpse, and Monstrosity before splitting up.
Nashville's Hornfucked arrived in 2025 as a new brutal death metal force, wasting no time in establishing a reputation for sheer, unadorned extremity. The name announces the intent perfectly.
Black/death/doom metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, active since 2015. Their genre-spanning approach merges the cold atmosphere of black metal, the brutality of death metal, and the crushing weight of doom into a devastating triple threat.
Symphonic and epic melodic death metal band from Vienna, Austria, active since 2011. Their releases including the album De Veritate deliver sweeping, orchestrally enriched death metal inspired by historical and philosophical themes, befitting their name drawn from the decisive Crusader-era battle.
Horns of Venus were a metalcore and death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2009 and active until their split. They released two full-length albums: "For the Pressure We Bring" (2009) and "We Are Not Buying Your Shit" (2011), the latter recorded at Bimini Studio in Jundiaí and Master Blaster Studios, blending death metal, grindcore, and melodic hardcore influences across 14 tracks.
Horoh is a death metal band from Landes / Alsace, France, active since 2015 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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