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Featured Album
"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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Black metal project from Hann. Munden, Germany, formed in 2018. Named after the Norse mythological wellspring, they channel atmospheric black metal from the confluence of the Werra and Fulda rivers.
Atmospheric post-black metal band from Barcelona, Spain, whose name derives from Old English meaning "to whatever place." Originally a two-person project, they expanded to a full lineup for live performances, distilling Mediterranean landscape atmospheres into introspective black metal exploring existentialism, nature, and esotericism on their 2018 album "Of Murk Skies and Withering Mountains."
HxDxYxF is a sludge metal/crust punk band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2025 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Hyacinth is a death metal band from Omsk, Russia, active since 2022 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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.
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