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Black metal band from Munich, Germany, active since 2014. Their dark, atmospheric approach delivers cold black metal from the Bavarian capital's underground scene.
HordaWRX is a black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2023. They released their debut album "Sombrio & Oculto" in May 2023, a seven-track record featuring songs such as "VerdadeiroMal," "HordaNegra," and "ChamadoDaLuaNegra."
Savage Brutal Death Metal from Amarillo, Texas/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Horde of Satan is a black metal project from Colmar, France, active since 2026 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's Horde of the Eclipse have been forging melodic black metal since 2010, threading cold riffing and atmospheric darkness into compositions that feel celestial and menacing in equal measure.
Black/death metal band from Waltershausen, Germany, formed in 2022. Their fierce blend of black and death metal aggression emerges from the foothills of the Thuringian Forest.
Hordes of Empire is an Ecuadorian raw/pagan black metal act formed in 2025, described as a project emerging from "ancient European ruins to Andean abysses" with a sound rooted in "iron and sacred hatred." Their 2025 debut release "A Gathering of Ancient Belirfs" was issued in a cassette edition limited to 30 copies through Nocturnal Forest Records.
Hordes of Empire is an Ecuadorian raw/pagan black metal act formed in 2025, described as a project emerging from "ancient European ruins to Andean abysses" with a sound rooted in "iron and sacred hatred." Their 2025 debut release "A Gathering of Ancient Belirfs" was issued in a cassette edition limited to 30 copies through Nocturnal Forest Records.
Hordes of Satan is a industrial doom metal act from Nottingham, United Kingdom, active since 2024 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
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