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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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Named after an invasive aquatic weed, Deer Park's Hydrilla chokes out the competition with thick groove riffs and a Southern swagger rooted deep in the Houston industrial corridor. Their sound hits like the humidity — heavy, inescapable, and absolutely relentless.
Hydro is a power metal band from Ancona, Italy, active since 2012 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Hydrogenium is a ambient/black metal project from Moscow, Russia, active since 2013 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Heavy metal and hard rock outfit from Charlieu in the Loire department, active since 2019. Their sound channels the spirit of classic rock and metal from rural central France.
Black/death metal and grindcore band from Hamburg, Germany, active since 2013. Their three-pronged extreme assault merges blackened fury, death metal weight, and grindcore brevity from the Hanseatic city.
Death metal/deathcore band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2019. Their crushing modern extremity channels the heaviest end of the Hamburg underground metal scene.
Hyedrah is a heavy and power metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose core members have included guitarist and keyboardist Leónidas Vera Janavel, drummer Christian Montes, and bassist Adolfo Arbelaez. The band released their debut full-length "Rompiendo el Silencio" in June 2015 and followed it with the EP "Fuego en la Oscuridad" in November 2016.
Melodic black metal band from Erndtebruck, Germany, active since 2004. Two decades of melodically refined black metal from the Wittgenstein region of Westphalia demonstrate their enduring craft.
Thrash metal band from Haaltert, Belgium, formed in 2020. Their energetic approach channels the classic thrash revival spirit with speed-fueled riffing and aggressive delivery from the East Flemish scene.
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