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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Madrid-based heavy metal act active since 2016. Their Spanish-language name broadcasting misanthropy fuels compositions rooted in classic heavy metal traditions from Spain's capital.
Named after a demon of transformation, Long Island's Haagenti began with melodic death metal roots before evolving into a heavier, more unrelenting death metal sound over their decade-plus existence. Their trajectory mirrors the demonic namesake — a gradual, deliberate shift into something darker.
Based in Molde, this death metal project has been a fixture of Norway's underground since 2020. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
Finnish metal band with releases including the self-titled album, "Hallitsematonta Voimaa" (Uncontrollable Force), and a collaborative LP with Dephosphorus. Their Finnish-language catalog channels intense, unrestrained energy through heavy music rooted in the Nordic underground tradition.
Taking their name from the cold sea fog that rolls in off the North Sea, Haar is a U.S. black metal project that conjures a similarly bleak and suffocating atmosphere. Active since 2010, they trade in the kind of desolate, windswept darkness that recalls the genre's Scandinavian origins.
New Orleans sludge and doom act Haarp draws heavily from the murk and misery of their city's storied extreme metal tradition. Since regrouping in 2014, they've built a reputation on crushing low-end riffs and an oppressive, swamp-soaked heaviness.
Black metal project from Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, delivering arctic darkness across releases spanning the 2013 demo "Hetki" through the 2025 album "Pimealta, Alavalta Reunalta Elaman." Their latest five-track work, recorded at MarketStreet Studios with vocals captured at IV Cemetery in Rovaniemi, features atmospheric compositions with drum programming and bass contributions from Kalma.
From South Wales in United Kingdom, this stoner/doom metal act brings relentless intensity since 2013. Their work explores the genre's darkest corners through immense heaviness.
Dutch black metal project channeling punishing darkness since 2014. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
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