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HoofKnuckle is a stoner/heavy metal band from Leeds, United Kingdom, active since 2018 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
A cold experimental black metal, country entity from Lisbon, contributing to the portuguese underground since 2016. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
A blistering gothic/black metal entity from Vilnius, contributing to the lithuanian underground since 2019. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
From Peterborough, New Hampshire, Hookermouth have been crafting grimy stoner-sludge metal since 2014, leaning into fuzz-saturated grooves and a stubbornly filthy aesthetic. Not much subtlety, and none is required.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Heilbronn, Germany, formed in 2018. Their polished crossover merges Gothenburg-style melodies with thrash metal velocity from the Neckar valley wine country.
Stoner/doom metal band from Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, active since 2010, blending doomy stoner grunge metal into a fuzzy, aggressive package. Their album Marked delivers ten tracks of sludge-soaked heaviness across forty-four minutes of relentless riffing.
Arlington, Texas's Hope Deferred occupy the grinding intersection of deathcore and death metal, channeling spiritual despair into brutally heavy music since 2016. The name comes from scripture; the sound comes from somewhere far darker.
Brisbane atmospheric black metal band Hope Drone formed in 2011 and established themselves with a 2013 self-titled EP that drew immediate critical attention for its dense, layered post-black metal approach. Their Relapse Records debut Cloak of Ash (2015) placed them among the leading acts in contemporary atmospheric black metal internationally, with subsequent albums Void Lustre (2019) and Husk (2021) deepening a sound built on nihilistic themes and slow-burning, wall-of-sound arrangements. The band's geographic isolation from major metal scenes has done little to diminish their international profile.
Toledo, Ohio's Hope Hole emerged in 2021 playing suffocating doom metal that sounds exactly as bleak as the name implies. Slow, heavy, and without consolation — crawling forward at the pace of deep grief.
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