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Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Ocean Springs, Mississippi's Hallelujah Gangbang match their provocative name with sludge and doom metal dredged straight from the Gulf Coast swamp — slow, mean, and spiritually filthy since 2016.
Heavy metal band from Valladolid, Spain, formed in 2020. Their powerful sound channels classic heavy metal energy from the historic capital of Castilla y Leon.
Black metal band from Bochum, Germany, active since 2011. Named after the small, storm-battered North Sea islands off the German coast, they craft atmospheric black metal that evokes desolate maritime landscapes.
Hailing from Essex in United Kingdom, this heavy metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2016. Anthemic choruses and driving rhythms characterize their particular brand of metal.
One of Maine's most idiosyncratic metal acts, Hallowed Butchery have spent over fifteen years refusing to settle — beginning as a black/grind project and gradually morphing into something incorporating doom, folk, and experimental elements. Based in Kennebec County, their music sounds like it grew out of the woods rather than any rehearsal space.
Hailing from Heerhugowaard in Netherlands, this heavy/thrash metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2019. Their thrash assault combines speed, aggression, and precision in equal measure.
Spawned in Huddersfield's underground, this thrash/progressive metal outfit channels british ferocity since 2022. Razor-sharp riffing and breakneck tempos carry the spirit of classic thrash.
Hallowedland is a progressive metal/rock, electronic band from Poland, formed in 2022. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Detroit's Halloween carry the torch for classic American heavy metal, a city-fitting lineage given Detroit's deep rock and roll roots. Active since 2015, they deal in the kind of no-frills, riff-driven metal that doesn't need to be fashionable to work.
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