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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Helvede is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Varese, Italy, active since 2024 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Helvegen is a blackened death metal band from Västerås, Sweden, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Folk/black metal band from Munich, Germany. Their sound weaves folk melodies and acoustic passages into a black metal framework, drawing on both Germanic and Norse cultural traditions.
Thrash metal outfit from Devon in southwest England, active since 2012. Their machine-like name matches precise, mechanized thrash compositions honed over a decade in the West Country underground.
Black/Death Metal force from Catania, scorching and relentless since 2012. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Helvetes Jävla Skit is a grindcore/death metal band from Lund, Sweden, active since 2020 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Fierce raw black metal from Norway, contributing to the national scene since 2023. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Helvetestromb is a black/thrash metal/crust punk act from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2017 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Helvetets Port is a heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2024 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
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