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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Hasaleth is a melodic black metal band from Poland, formed in 2025. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Chicago's Haunted Knight channel melodic black metal into a sound that balances scorching intensity with dark, sweeping atmosphere, carving out a presence in the Midwest underground since 2022.
Haunted Visions is a melodic black/death metal band from Fosen, Norway, formed in 2022. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Haze of Summer is a melodic black/post-metal band from Podolsk, Russia, formed in 2017. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Melodic black/death metal band from Zurich, Switzerland, formed in 2021, blending fast death metal with black metal influences and melancholic clean passages. Their releases including Whispers from the Abyss and Into the Black Forest explore dark myths and the deepest abysses of the human soul.
Hecate Enthroned is a symphonic/melodic black metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2019. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Drawing from Katowice's metal heritage, this melodic black metal outfit channels fierce energy since 2012. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Heljarmadr is a experimental melodic black/death metal band from Stockholm (early); International (later), Sweden, formed in 2020. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Black metal project from Mulhouse in Alsace near the Swiss and German borders, active since 2021. Their maleficent name channels dark sorcery into black metal informed by three converging European traditions.
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