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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Hard Time is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 2017 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Hard to Kill is a black metal project from Wogmeer, Netherlands, active since 2022 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
An uncompromising black/death/doom metal with alternative influences project from Salisbury, active since 2012. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Hard Way is a thrash metal band from Cherkasy, Ukraine, active since 2012 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Heavy metal band from Bocholt, Germany, active since 2011. Their hard-hitting, no-frills approach delivers traditional heavy metal from the western reaches of Westphalia near the Dutch border.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2023. Their energetic sound blends the power of heavy metal with classic hard rock swagger from the Catalan capital.
Hardest is a heavy metal band from Sosnowiec, Poland, active since 2020 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
From Ohrid in North Macedonia, this thrash metal/metalcore act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2007. High-velocity riffs and pounding rhythms form the backbone of their sound.
Philadelphia's Hardgore have been dealing in death-thrash brutality since 2016, the city's aggressive musical DNA running through every riff — unpolished, direct, and unapologetically vicious.
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