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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Newly formed in Cincinnati in 2024, Haruspex Chants mine death-doom's most ritualistic qualities — the genre's glacial pacing and suffocating atmosphere rendered with a deliberateness that befits a band whose name evokes ancient omen-reading. An auspicious debut presence.
Salt Lake City's Harvest of Ash bend doom and post-metal into something expansive and unhurried, with the wide-open quality of Utah's landscape seemingly built into their sound. Since 2020, they've occupied the contemplative, atmosphere-heavy end of the spectrum.
Formed in Denver in 2024, Hash Bong deal in the kind of slow, hazy punishment that sits at the intersection of doom and stoner metal. Mile High lethargy runs through every riff, thick with fuzz and deliberate tempo.
Hashbreath is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Malmö, Sweden, active since 2013 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.
Hashishian traffic in a slow-moving collision of drone, doom, and stoner metal that feels less like a song and more like sinking. Formed in 2023, the project leans into immense, meditative weight, letting each tone hang in the air long past its welcome.
Denver's Hashtronaut have been navigating the outer reaches of stoner and doom metal since 2020, blending cosmic heaviness with riff-forward songwriting. Their sound evokes weightlessness achieved through sheer volume — fuzz as propulsion.
Chicago's Hate draw from a broad well of extreme subgenres, weaving thrash, sludge, and doom into a dense, shifting sound since 2013. The Midwest backdrop gives the music a cold, industrial weight that fits the trio of genres like a rusted glove.
Blackened doom/death metal act from Memmingen, Germany, formed in 2021. Their suffocating blend of blackened atmosphere and doom-death heaviness creates a uniquely oppressive sonic landscape.
Thrash metal act from Middlesbrough in northeast England, active since 2013. Their threatening name suits over a decade of aggressive thrash forged in the industrial heartland of Teesside.
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