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Thrash metal act from Oxfordshire, active since 2018. Their cerebral name adds a psychedelic edge to thrash metal compositions from the English Home Counties.
Hovercraft is a doom/gothic metal band from Bucharest, Romania, formed in 2018. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic doom layered with emotional depth.
Stoner metal/rock band from Bielefeld, Germany, active since 2017. Their fuzz-laden, groove-heavy sound channels the spirit of desert rock from the Teutoburg Forest region.
Hovf is a black metal project from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2015 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hovmod is a black metal project from Vestre Toten, Norway, active since 2014 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hardcore/thrash metal band from Strakonice, Czech Republic, active since 2015. Their raw crossover of hardcore aggression and thrash metal speed carries an unmistakably Czech punk attitude.
Howenh is an instrumental heavy metal project from the Santiago metropolitan area of Chile, founded in 2015 by guitarist and composer Iván Aguayo. The band blends doom, dark wave, and post-rock into an atmospheric, largely instrumental sound, documented across two albums: Kren (2015) and Sheol (2018).
Providence, Rhode Island sludge metal band Howl formed in 2006 and signed to Relapse Records in 2009, releasing their debut EP that same year to positive reviews from Decibel Magazine. Their first full-length Full of Hell appeared in 2010, followed by Bloodlines (2013), produced by Zeus and reflecting years of touring alongside Saint Vitus, Kylesa, and Pentagram. The band occupies a well-worn but convincingly executed space between sludge, stoner doom, and Southern-tinged heavy rock.
Cincinnati, Ohio's Howling have been pushing cold, stripped-down black metal since 2015, capturing something feral and windswept in the urban rust belt context. The city's industrial undertone seeps into every track.
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