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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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Bred in Thessaloniki's underground, this act delivers furious heavy metal since 2022. Anthemic choruses and driving rhythms characterize their particular brand of metal.
Hellpit is a thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2016 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
Hellproof is a heavy/groove metal band from Poznań, Poland, active since 2022 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Out of Philadelphia, Hellrad crush under the full weight of sludge metal, piling on slow, suffocating riffs and the kind of feedback-drenched misery that makes you feel the humidity before the storm hits. They formed in 2017 with a dedication to dragging listeners through the muck.
Hellraider is a thrash metal band from Melipilla, Chile, founded in 2007 by members including former Disaster musicians Fredy Díaz and Hernaldo Tapia. The band built a substantial catalog with the debut full-length "The Revenge of Pork Head" (2011), the demo "The Time Has Come" (2014, released on tape by Street Metal Blasphemy), and the "Insanity" demo track in 2017.
Heavy/power metal band from Cuenca, Spain, active since 2015. Their anthemic sound delivers soaring power metal from the dramatic clifftop city of Castilla-La Mancha.
Thrash metal band from Brondby, Denmark, active since 2011. Their aggressive thrash channels relentless energy from the Copenhagen metropolitan area.
Hellraizer is a heavy metal band from Białystok, Poland, active since 2014 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Stoner doom metal outfit from Bordeaux in southwestern France, active since 2013. Their wine-region origins fuel a sound that pairs the heaviness of doom with stoner metal's hazy, groove-laden approach.
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