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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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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.
Hellhog is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2012 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
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.
An uncompromising doom metal project from Vilnius, active since 2014. Their work explores the genre's darkest corners through immense heaviness.
Luxembourgish thrash/black metal project channeling dark darkness since 2018. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Hellhound is a death metal band from Aimargues, France, active since 2013 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
German extreme metal project formed in 2025, evolving through multiple stylistic phases from noisecore through black/death metal and grindcore. Their restless genre-hopping reflects an uncompromising, boundary-defying approach to extreme music.
Groove/thrash metal band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2018. Their aggressive crossover merges groove metal weight with thrash speed from the Andalusian capital.
Hellhoundz is a heavy metal band from Fortaleza, Brazil, formed with the stated goal of producing original music rooted in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal tradition, citing influences including Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Saxon. The band released a self-titled EP in 2018 and followed it with the debut full-length album The Battle of the Somme in December 2019, which received international attention and was made available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
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