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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Brooklyn's Hammerhoid have been gleefully ransacking the intersection of speed, thrash, and black metal since 2014, their New York City chaos lending the music an urgency that straight-up retro acts rarely achieve.
Hammerlin is a power metal project from Rosario, Santa Fe, led by Marcos Cápula. The project's debut full-length, La Sombra de la Luna, was released in November 2022 as an independently produced home recording, comprising 11 tracks across 51 minutes of melodic heavy metal.
Lawrence, Kansas's Hammerlord are thrash metal exports from the college town best known for its music scene and relentless live culture, hammering out aggressive riffs since 2010 with a midwestern directness that never lets up.
San Francisco's Hammers of Misfortune are one of progressive metal's most distinctive acts, weaving literary concepts, classic rock textures, and heavy arrangements into albums that reward close listening. A landmark band in the city's underground.
Heavy metal band from Falkenstein, Germany, formed in 2018. Their powerful, riff-driven approach carries the banner of classic German heavy metal from the Vogtland region of Saxony.
Fremont, California's Hammershot find the sweet spot where groove metal's mid-paced stomp meets thrash metal's angular attack, delivering Bay Area heaviness with more neck-snap than most since 2013.
Sedalia, Missouri's Hammerspace layer orchestral ambition onto heavy metal and thrash foundations, an unlikely combination from an unlikely location that has been paying off since 2011. The symphonic elements amplify rather than soften the aggression.
Indiana's Hammerstar have been delivering traditional heavy metal since 2015, a band clearly devoted to the craft of the classic sound and uninterested in chasing whatever genre trend is current.
Heavy metal band from Bad Salzungen, Germany, formed in 2018. Their sound delivers the kind of muscular, straightforward heavy metal that Thuringia's underground metal scene thrives on.
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