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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore act from Lahti in Finland, active since 2020 and delivering savage extremity. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Bred in Nacka's underground, this act delivers brutal power metal since 2020. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Forged in Alessandria's metal community, this atmospheric/depressive black metal act channels fierce aggression since 2017. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Indianapolis death metal outfit Hamarr came together in 2022, delivering straightforward brutality without pretense. Their name echoes the Old Norse word for hammer, and the music swings accordingly.
Belgian post-black metal band from Aarschot, active since 2004, with a catalog including What You Make Of It and Paintings on the Wall. Their long-running project bridges the gap between black metal intensity and post-rock expansiveness.
Hamen is a symphonic power metal band from Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2014, fronted by vocalist Monica Hamen alongside guitarist Cadu Puccini. The band gained international exposure through inclusion on the Terrorizer magazine Fear Candy Latin America compilation and the Imperative Music Volume XVI DVD. Signed to MS Metal Records, their science fiction-themed approach places them among the more melodically ambitious acts in Brazil's southern metal scene.
Black metal project from Neuilly-sur-Seine in the wealthy Parisian suburbs, active since 2013. Their mystery-themed name channels occult atmospheres through over a decade of black metal from the Île-de-France.
Hamerhaai is a death metal/hardcore band from Zwolle, Netherlands, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Formed in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands in 2008, Hamferð take their name from a Faroese folkloric term for the spectral apparitions of loved ones lost at sea, a concept that runs throughout their death-doom framework and Faroese-language lyrics. They won the Faroese heat and then the international final of the Wacken Metal Battle in 2012, earning a recording deal, and have since released three full-lengths including the acclaimed Támsins likam (2018) and the disaster-narrative Men Guðs hond er sterk on Metal Blade Records. Initially inspired by My Dying Bride, their work has transcended niche genre expectations to reach broader audiences.
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