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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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Hatescream is a thrash metal band from Altavilla Vicentina (Vicenza), Italy, active since 2014 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Melodic Death/Thrash Metal/Metalcore outfit rooted in Norrköping / Ljungsbro, channeling raw underground intensity since 2006. Their sound channels the genre's most crushing impulses through thunderous riffs.
Hattiesburg's Hateslave mangle death metal, thrash, and punk into a gritty, aggressive hybrid that sounds like Mississippi resentment distilled into riffs — raw, confrontational, and unbothered since 2022.
Melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2009. Their versatile approach spans the full spectrum from Gothenburg melodies through thrash velocity to groove metal heaviness.
An established melodic death/thrash metal voice from Lohja, contributing to Finland's underground since 2025. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Hateworld is a thrash metal band from Turin, Italy, active since 2016 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Hatred Dusk is a thrash/death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 1992. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Tinton Falls, New Jersey's Hatred Embraced fuse death and thrash into a hybrid that honours both traditions, hitting hard with technical riffing and a menace that's been sharpened since 2021.
Oakland's Hatriot began as a ferocious thrash outfit before sharpening their attack into melodic death/thrash territory, carrying the Bay Area's aggression forward with a seasoned lineup and a commitment to controlled brutality.
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