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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Rooted in Gothenburg's underground, this heavy/power metal project delivers relentless compositions with conviction since 2016. Twin-guitar harmonies and commanding vocals characterize their sound.
Heavy/doom metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2013. Their ponderous, crushing sound combines traditional heavy metal riffing with the slow-burning weight of doom metal.
Connecticut's Hammerfist blend industrial machinery into their thrash metal framework, giving the Naugatuck Valley act a mechanized, cold-edged aggression that sets them apart from straight-up retro thrashers. Active since 2010.
Hammerforce is a symphonic power/progressive metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2009. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Hammergoat is a bestial death/black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, featuring members associated with the Brazilian underground acts Evil and Dethroned Christ. The band released their debut full-length, Regeneration Through Depopulation..., in 2010 on Hammer of Damnation, a 30-minute assault drawing comparisons to Blasphemy and Hellhammer and including a cover of Sarcófago's "The Black Vomit." They also appeared on a split cassette with Swiss act Dakhma, released in 2018.
Hammerhawk is a speed metal act from Beverwijk, Netherlands, active since 2013 and channeling aggressive, heavy music through its uncompromising artistic vision. The project delivers powerful metal from the Netherlands scene.
Howell, New Jersey's Hammerhead have kept their heads-down thrash metal operation running since 2011, the kind of band built on rehearsal-room dedication and live shows where the set list never disappoints.
Blistering Speed / Thrash Metal from Dallas.
Kansas City's Hammerhedd started as a progressive thrash and groove act in 2018 before letting progressive rock sensibilities creep in over time, documenting a genuinely curious musical evolution across their catalog.
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