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Black metal project from Ober-Florsheim, Germany, formed in 2020. Named after the ancient Greek goddess of witchcraft, they channel occult themes through fierce black metal from the Rhineland-Palatinate.
Furious black metal emanating from Szczecin, active since 2020 within Poland's metal scene. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
Drawing from Warsaw's metal heritage, this heavy metal outfit channels fierce energy since 2020. Riff-heavy compositions and memorable hooks form the core of their output.
Heavy Metal outfit rooted in Treviso, channeling savage underground intensity since 2025. Their sound draws on NWOBHM and classic metal traditions with conviction.
Heksabort is a progressive black metal band from Bahía Blanca, Argentina, active since 2012. Their 2012 full-length "Black Mambo" blends experimental and alternative black metal across ten tracks, drawing comparisons to bands operating at the intersection of black metal and avant-garde rock.
Michigan's Heksebrann — the name meaning "witch burning" in Norwegian — conjures cold, ritualistic black metal from the rural quiet of Bancroft. Their sound carries the chill of a Midwestern winter stripped down to bone and frost.
Heksekunst is a black metal project from Bergen, Norway, active since 2015 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Heksen is a death/thrash metal band from Argelès-sur-Mer, France, formed in 2009. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Black/death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2020. Their name meaning 'Witchcraft' in Danish, they channel occult extremity from the capital's underground.
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