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Homicidio is a death/black/doom metal band from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, active since the mid-1990s. The band has built a long-running underground catalog, including the album Impuros (2009), Angustia Infinita (2013), and The Pact of Fire (2020), all self-released and available on Bandcamp.
Death metal/grindcore band from Murcia, Spain, active since 2016. Their ferocious blast of brutality and grind erupts from the Murcian underground.
A vicious black metal entity from Finland, active since 2023. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Thrash death metal project from Tampere, newly formed in 2025. Their murderous name promises the killing intensity of Finnish thrash and death metal from one of the country's premier music cities.
Homo Herectus is a doom metal act from Lecce, Italy, active since 2011 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Forged in Thessaloniki's metal community, this death metal act channels scorching aggression since 2018. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Gothic/symphonic black metal act from Rechitsa, Belarus, formed in 2019. Their ornate sound layers symphonic grandeur and gothic atmosphere over a foundation of black metal ferocity.
Homomilitia is a crust/hardcore punk (early); crossover/hardcore punk/thrash metal (later) band from Łódź, Poland, formed in 2022. They deliver high-energy crossover thrash with punk-fueled aggression.
HomSelvareg is a black metal project from Como, Italy, active since 2006 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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