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Hellböözer is a speed/black metal project from Clermont-Ferrand, France, active since 2018 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hellcrash is a black/speed metal act from Santa Margherita Ligure (Genoa), Italy, active since 2021 and channeling aggressive, heavy music through its uncompromising artistic vision. The project delivers powerful metal from the Italy scene.
Rising from Belgrade in Serbia, this thrash/speed metal outfit harnesses grim power since 2006. Pit-starting riffs and furious tempos characterize their thrash approach.
Hellfuck is a speed/thrash metal band from Poland, active since 2019 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Speed/thrash/black metal band from Nurensdorf, Switzerland, formed in 2016. Their savage blend of speed, thrash, and black metal channels the most extreme end of the Swiss metal spectrum.
Hellhighspeed is a black/thrash/speed metal act from Bordeaux, France, active since 2020 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Kalamazoo, Michigan's Hellhole channel the sweeping melodic death metal tradition into tight, riff-driven songs that balance brutality with songcraft since 2013. Melody and violence coexist in their work without either element compromising the other.
Hellish Force is a black/thrash/speed metal act from Oslo, Norway, active since 2025 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Hellish Grave is a black/speed metal band from Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2011. Drawing influence from Vulcano, Sodom, Celtic Frost, and Venom, the band released their debut album "Worship Macabre" in 2016 on Kill Again Records (limited to 1,000 copies), followed by "Hell No Longer Waits" in 2019 on Portugal's Helldprod Records. Their line-up has featured Hellish Angelcorpse on vocals and members including Butchereaper, Marcelo "Genocídio", Witchripper, and Igor "IronHammer".
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