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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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An uncompromising pagan black metal act from the finnish underground, active since 2025. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
Heretic Behest is a raw black metal project from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, active since 2018 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
New York's Heretic Bodyhammer arrived in 2022 with a death metal attack that the name describes better than most press releases could — blunt, aggressive, and deliberately mechanical in its devastation. They hit like the instrument in question.
Black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2022. Their occult-themed sound channels ritualistic black metal darkness from the Bavarian underground.
Heretic Legion is a death metal band from Kristianstad, Sweden, active since 2018 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
London-based stoner doom metal project active since 2022. Their botanical name suits organic, slow-growing compositions that channel the weight of doom through the British capital's underground.
An established heavy/doom metal/rock voice from Ratkovo, contributing to Serbia's underground since 2015. Their compositions celebrate the timeless formula of powerful riffs and soaring melodies.
Heretic Ritual is a doom metal act from Alingsås, Sweden, active since 2020 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Death/thrash metal band from Munster, Germany, formed in 2020. Their relentless crossover of death and thrash metal delivers extreme aggression from Westphalia.
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