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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Human Equation is a progressive death metal band from Huixquilucan/Naucalpan, State of Mexico, formed in 2003. The band is signed to Sun Empire Productions and released their debut full-length, The Human Universe, in 2019, a record that thematically explores the Anunnaki theory of human origin.
Oxford-based black metal project active since 2019. Named after a character from Elder Scrolls lore, their compositions channel fantastical darkness through atmospheric black metal from one of England's most ancient cities.
Human Eyes is a progressive rock/metal band from Maurepas, France, formed in 2012. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Thrash metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2012. Their relentless thrash delivers high-velocity riffing and aggressive energy from the Danish capital.
Human Failure is a thrash metal band from Västerås, Sweden, active since 2017 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Human Fate is a experimental progressive/folk metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2015. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Brutal death metal/goregrind act from Germany, formed in 2024. Their ultra-extreme fusion of slam-heavy brutality and goregrind pushes the boundaries of sonic violence.
Progressive/melodic death metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, active since 2005. Two decades of technically ambitious melodic death metal have made them a cornerstone of the Estonian metal scene.
Human Harvest is a death metal/grindcore band from Sundsvall, Sweden, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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