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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Hello Darkness is a sludge/post-metal/crust band from France, formed in 2018. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Thrash metal band from Zatec, Czech Republic, formed in 2021. Their explosive thrash sound rips through the Bohemian underground with breakneck speed and unrelenting aggression.
Helloween are one of power metal's defining bands, turning speed metal velocity, twin-guitar melody, and soaring vocals into a template that reshaped European heavy metal. The early Walls of Jericho material still carried a raw, thrashing edge with Kai Hansen singing and playing guitar, but the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums expanded the band's reach dramatically after Michael Kiske entered on vocals. Those records established the combination that became central to the style: fast drums, harmonized leads, heroic choruses, fantasy-colored scale, and a sense of brightness that did not sacrifice force. Later eras with Andi Deris kept the band active through lineup changes and added a harder, earthier vocal character, while the Pumpkins United reunion brought Hansen and Kiske back into the fold alongside Deris for a three-singer, seven-member version of the band. Helloween's catalog is vast, but its core achievement remains clear: making melodic metal feel fast, grand, technically sharp, and emotionally huge.
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.
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