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Hellfuck is a speed/thrash metal band from Poland, active since 2019 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
San Diego's HellFynder fuses the reckless velocity of black/thrash metal into an unrelenting attack since 2020, taking equal inspiration from the second wave and the first-wave speed merchants. They are lean, aggressive, and direct — genre devotees with fangs intact.
Brutal death metal act from West Yorkshire, active since 2015. Their pain-seeking name broadcasts exactly the punishing extremity their compositions deliver from northern England's underground.
HellgardeN was a groove metal band from Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, featuring vocalist Diego Pascuci, guitarist Caick Gabriel, bassist Guilherme Biondo, and drummer Matheus Barreiros. The band signed to American label Brutal Records and released their debut album Making Noise, Living Fast in 2020, recorded direct to tape at ForestLab Studios in Petrópolis and mastered by Alan Douches, who is known for his work with Motörhead and Sepultura. Their sound drew comparisons to Pantera and Crowbar, blending groove metal heaviness with sludge-influenced tones.
Technical brutal death metal band from Vigo/Camarinas, Spain, active since 2010. Their technically demanding approach pushes death metal to its most extreme limits from the Galician coast.
Drawing from Helsinki's metal heritage, this black/death metal outfit channels fierce energy since 2024. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Hellgeist is a groove metal band from Cuneo, Italy, active since 2025 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Atlanta's Hellgoat stand as one of the American black metal underground's more enduring presences, delivering uncompromising darkness since 2016 with a deliberately primitive and warlike approach. No concessions, no polish — just the void made loud.
Death metal band from Grefrath, Germany, formed in 2022. Their crushing approach channels the genre's most brutal traditions from the Lower Rhine region of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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