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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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H.EXE is a industrial metal/electronic band from Wrocław, Poland, formed in 2010. They forge a mechanized sound blending industrial textures with metal aggression.
Hades Nexus 16 is a industrial black metal project from Tuscany, Italy, active since 2020 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Phoenix's Halls of Mandos take their name from Tolkien's realm of the dead and build their sound accordingly — doom-laden, post-metal architecture with industrial undercurrents that give the music a cold, machine-like dread. An intriguing young project born in 2023.
Connecticut's Hammerfist blend industrial machinery into their thrash metal framework, giving the Naugatuck Valley act a mechanized, cold-edged aggression that sets them apart from straight-up retro thrashers. Active since 2010.
Heavy metal act from Tampere, active since 2016. Their forward-looking name matches compositions that carry the spirit of traditional heavy metal while pushing toward new horizons.
New York's Hanzel und Gretyl have built a career out of fusing industrial machinery with heavy metal groove, a gleefully deranged act whose electronic aggression and gothic theatrics set them apart from the pack since 2009.
Metal band from Kokkola, Finland, with Finnish-language releases including "Missa Mieli Pakenee Ruumiista" and the self-titled album. Their catalog of darkly titled compositions reflects an introspective approach to heavy music from Finland's western coast.
Hailing from Cornuda (Treviso) in Italy, this industrial/experimental doom metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2022. Massive, slow-building riffs and cavernous atmospheres define their doom approach.
Chicago's Hatemonger arrived in 2021 with a death metal sound rooted in brutality and forward momentum, adding another sharp-edged entry to the city's already fearsome extreme metal lineage.
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