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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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From Larvik in Norway, this doom/progressive metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2023. Glacial compositions unfold with crushing weight, exploring despair and transcendence.
Dutch black/doom metal project channeling harsh darkness since 2016. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Los Angeles' Hexen bring melodic sophistication and progressive ambition to the thrash template, threading complex arrangements through otherwise hard-hitting material. Their approach reflects the technical tradition of the LA metal scene while reaching toward something more compositionally adventurous.
Hexen Sabbat is a dark doom metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2024. The band released their debut album Dramatic Dreams on April 11, 2024, through Eclipsys Lunarys Productions, recorded at HR Studio and Pré-Sound Studio with production by Orion Gobath and David Malkuth. Their sound blends slow, heavy doom textures with occult and melancholic themes.
Hexenblatt is a stoner/doom metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2021 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Hard rock heavy metal outfit from Knebworth in Hertfordshire, active since 2012. Their chemical-element name channels classic rock and metal traditions from a town famous for legendary outdoor concerts.
Hexendrone is a sludge/drone/doom metal band from Krasnodar, Russia, formed in 2024. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Born in the crushing underground of Genoa, this symphonic black metal with doom elements act has delivered unflinching intensity since 2024. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Operating from Saint-Nazaire, this doom/stoner metal project has been shaping dark sound since 2015. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
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