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Hitchhike is a heavy metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2006 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Spanish band from Alicante, active since 2012, evolving from black metal into black/doom metal and dark ambient territory. Named after the Misty Mountains of Tolkien, their sound has grown increasingly atmospheric and experimental.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Murcia, Spain, active since 2012. Their energetic sound channels the spirit of classic NWOBHM and traditional heavy metal from southeastern Spain.
Death metal/crust/grindcore band from Osnabruck, Germany, formed in 2022. Their ferocious crossover of death metal, crust punk, and grindcore creates a relentless sonic assault.
HIV is a grindcore act from Gdynia, Poland, active since 2018 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
Belgian sludge/post-metal band from Kortrijk, active from 2011 until their termination. Featuring Matthias Halsberghe on guitars and vocals, their releases Secretvm/Veritas and a self-titled album delivered punishing sludge-laden post-metal from the West Flemish underground.
Hive Mind is a thrash metal/crossover band from Thanet, United Kingdom, active since 2003 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
Philadelphia's Hivelords collapse the boundaries between black metal, doom, and sludge into a dense, oppressive mass that borrows from each tradition without fully belonging to any of them. Since 2011 they've occupied a particularly unpleasant corner of the extreme metal underground, and they seem comfortable there.
Death metal band from Landshut, Germany, formed in 2020. Their collective approach to death metal channels swarm-like intensity from the Bavarian Isar valley.
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