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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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HssH is a atmospheric black metal with industrial elements band from Paris, France, formed in 2013. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Htepo is a death metal band from Östergötland, Sweden, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Hteththemeth is a avant-garde metal band from Brașov, Romania, formed in 2014. They push metal into experimental, boundary-crossing territory.
Drawing from Porto's metal heritage, this sludge/post-metal outfit channels fierce energy since 2019. Energetic performances and committed songwriting define their approach.
Huanastone is a stoner metal/rock band from Malmö, Sweden, active since 2016 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Melodic death metal outfit from Strasbourg in Alsace, active since 2013. Their Monegasque-inspired name adds character to compositions blending melodic death metal with the Franco-Germanic musical traditions of the Rhine borderlands.
Huaychivo is a stoner/doom metal project from São Paulo, Brazil, created by musician and designer Marcel Vieira. The project released its debut album "The Five Agreements" in April 2016, a five-track instrumental record featuring heavy downtuned riffage rooted in the stoner and doom metal tradition.
Amarillo, Texas's Hubris have been bringing metalcore's emotional intensity to the Texas Panhandle since 2015, where the flat horizon and punishing wind seem to breed a certain grim determination. Melodic but never soft.
Melodic black/death metal band from Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium, formed in 2024. Their debut album Into The Abyss delivers eight tracks spanning nearly forty minutes of extreme metal that weaves between black, death, and thrash metal intensity.
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