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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Hyades is a thrash metal band from Varese, Italy, active since 2022 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Hybernia is a heavy metal band from Seville, Spain, active since 2012 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Hailing from Bacup in United Kingdom, this industrial death/doom metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 1993. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Kansas City, Missouri stoner and sludge metal trio Hyborian formed in 2015, drawing their name and lyrical framework from Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age mythology. Their debut Hyborian Vol. I appeared on Season of Mist in 2017, followed by Vol. II in 2020, both records reflecting the influence of High on Fire, Mastodon, and Baroness in their dense, riff-driven approach. The band tours extensively in the American Midwest and Southeast, building their reputation through relentless live activity.
Hybrid is a avant-garde/technical death metal, mathcore band from Madrid, Spain, active since 1996 and pushing death metal through precision-engineered technical complexity. The project channels intricate musicianship and compositional ambition.
Hybrid Anger is a death metal band from Grenoble, France, active since 2012 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Hybrid Circle is a industrial groove metal band from Lanciano (Chieti), Italy, active since 2012 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Melodic death/groove metal band from Halle (Saale), Germany, active since 2015. Their polished sound bridges Gothenburg-style melodic death metal with modern groove metal from Saxony-Anhalt.
Hybrid Moon is a thrash/death metal band from Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, formed in 2020. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
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