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Formed in London, England in 2007, Hang the Bastard operated at the intersection of sludge metal, doom, and metalcore, releasing Hellfire Reign (2010) and Sex in the Seventh Circle (2014) on Century Media Records. Their churning, downtuned riffs and hardcore-inflected aggression placed them alongside the British heavy underground scene of the late 2000s. The band disbanded in 2016 following a farewell performance at the Damnation Festival but subsequently reunited.
Rooted in the gritty New Haven scene, Hang Your Cross weave together hardcore aggression, crawling sludge, and the expansive textures of post-metal into a dense, suffocating sound since 2017.
Hanga is a sludge metal/crust punk band from Bethmale, France, active since 2014 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Drawing equally from the murk of New Orleans sludge and the frost of black metal, Hanged Man have lurked in the Crescent City's underground since 2011, building a sound as damp and oppressive as the city itself.
Virginia's Hard Bleed formed in Woodbridge in 2026, pressing groove metal muscle into sludge metal decay — a bruising and purposefully slow-burning new entry in the Northern Virginia underground.
Hariessa is a doom/sludge/stoner metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2023 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.
Evansville, Indiana's Harijin traffic in the low-and-slow heaviness of sludge and stoner metal, piling up fuzz-saturated riffs with the unhurried confidence of a band that trusts the groove. Formed in 2020, they lean hard into the hypnotic side of heavy.
Forged in Swansea's metal community, this sludge/stoner metal/rock act channels dark aggression since 2014. Their work contributes a distinctive voice to their regional underground scene.
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.
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