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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Oakland's Hellbeard have been mining the Oakland sludge tradition since 2010, piling down-tuned misery onto doom's already crushing foundation. Their sound carries the Bay Area's industrial grit embedded in every slow, punishing riff.
Birmingham-based heavy power metal act active since 2018. Their authoritative name matches commanding compositions channeling classic NWOBHM energy from the cradle of British heavy metal.
Massachusetts's Hellbeast emerged in 2023 from the northeastern underground with a blackened death metal attack that makes no concession to accessibility. Raw, punishing, and unyielding, they traffic in pure extremity without ceremony.
Hellbelly is a groove/stoner metal band from Lund, Sweden, active since 2013 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Salt Lake City's Hellbender found their footing in 2020 crafting heavy and power metal that balances muscular riffing with melodic ambition. The band channels classic metal's sense of adventure into tight, anthem-ready songwriting.
San Francisco's Hellbender bring groove metal's thick, locked-in rhythms to the Bay Area's already fertile heavy music ecosystem. Founded in 2020, the band leans into the genre's mid-tempo swagger and riff-first approach with seasoned conviction.
Atlanta's HellBent have been splitting the difference between death, thrash, and groove since 2014, assembling a hybrid built on relentless pocket and punishing velocity in equal measure. Southern sharpness and urban grit fuel their high-energy assault.
Scorching black/doom metal project from Helsinki, carving a path through Finland's underground since 2023. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Death/groove metal band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2019. Their heavy, groove-laden approach to death metal brings a distinctively Andalusian flavor to extreme music.
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