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Hellspray is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Mexico City, formed in 2006. The band released the Death Row EP in 2020 and followed it with a series of singles through 2023, all as an independent act. Their sound draws from classic hard rock and heavy metal traditions.
Hellstedt is a groove metal band from Norrköping, Sweden, active since 2023 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Thrash metal act from Stamford in Lincolnshire, active since 2020. Their matricidal name channels aggressive energy through thrash metal fury from the English East Midlands.
Hellsteps is a black/death metal band from Termoli (Campobasso), Italy, formed in 2008. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Augusta, Maine's Hellstorm have cultivated a death metal attack since 2010 that draws on the bleakness of New England winters — relentless, punishing, and completely indifferent to comfort. They are one of the more isolated and underrated voices in the northeastern underground.
Hellstorm is a black metal band from Raul Soares, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2010. The band self-released a one-sided LP in 2010 and followed it with the self-titled EP in 2014, both available through their Bandcamp page.
Stoner/southern metal and rock band from Weimar, Germany, active since 2011. Their groovy, riff-heavy sound brings the warmth of southern rock and stoner metal to the cultural heart of Thuringia.
Rooted in Ljubljana's underground, this blackened speed metal project delivers vicious compositions with conviction since 2014. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Hellsworn is a death metal band from Midlands, United Kingdom, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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