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Hiereus is a symphonic black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2021. The band released their debut full-length Após o Portal do Oeste, a twelve-track album recorded in 2019 and mixed and mastered by Gabriel Cabral at Vampire's Studio, released through Mountain Distro/Prod.
Black metal project from Gorlitz, Germany, formed in 2026. The newest black metal voice from Germany's easternmost city on the Polish border.
Hieronymus Bosch is a progressive death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2023 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
An established black/sludge metal, hardcore voice from Ravenna, contributing to Italy's underground since 2016. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Hierophante is a doom metal/drone act from Lille, France, active since 2014 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Hierophany is a black metal band from Mexico City, operating under the Serpent Sun Records label and carrying forward the lineage of the long-running project Black Hate, which ran from 2006 to 2025. The band adopted the Hierophany name in 2025 and released the full-length Tenebrario that same year. Their themes center on mysticism.
Hierophobia is a death metal band from Tambov, Russia, active since 2018 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Akron's Hieros draw on the melodic black metal tradition to create music that is sweeping without being saccharine, atmospheric without surrendering aggression. Since 2020 the project has built a sound that sits somewhere between the triumphant and the grim.
Brutal black metal project from Ittiri (Sassari), carving a path through Italy's underground since 2023. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
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