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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Hecatomb is a thrash metal band from Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, active since 2020 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Thrash/death metal band from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, formed in 2020. Their name meaning 'Holocaust' in Greek, they channel devastating extremity from the sherry-producing heartland of Andalusia.
Hecatombed is a death/black metal band from Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, formed in 2020. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Hecatombic is a death metal band from Paris, France, active since 2020 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
A savage black/death/sludge metal entity from Slovakia, active since 2024. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Melodic death metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2019. Their sound weaves together the melodic sensibility of the Gothenburg school with a distinctly Balkan intensity and modern production values.
Richmond's Hectic Polarity navigate the disorienting space between industrial metal's mechanical pulse and sludge metal's tar-thick riffing, producing music that's both mechanically precise and organically crushing. Formed in 2020, they represent a relatively uncommon pairing in the American underground.
Portland, Oregon's Hectic Shock have been thrashing with blunt efficiency since 2016, drawing on the genre's classic mid-80s blueprint while operating in one of the country's most fertile underground metal scenes. Their music is direct, headlong, and disinterested in revision.
Thrash metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2021. Their chaotic, high-speed thrash channels frenzied energy from the Danish capital.
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