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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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Heavy metal band from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, formed in 2019. Their powerful sound carries the heavy metal tradition from the Basque Country capital.
Heavy thrash metal and punk act from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, active since 2016. Their tool-themed name matches a no-frills approach blending thrash aggression with punk rock energy from the Welsh borderlands.
Bel Air, Maryland's Harlequin Ichthyosis arrived in 2023 wielding melodic death metal that sharpens Scandinavian melodicism against American brutality. Their unsettling name hints at a willingness to push into uncomfortable sonic territory.
Saginaw, Michigan's Harlet emerged in 2020 playing heavy metal rooted in classic song craft — crunching riffs, assertive hooks, and a Midwest work ethic that shows in the music's directness. They're a straightforward heavy metal band without pretense.
Rooted in Norfolk's underground, this progressive death metal project delivers savage compositions with conviction since 2018. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
Black metal project from Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2024. Their raw, atmospheric approach represents the newest generation of German black metal from the northern lowlands.
Harllequin is a heavy and power metal band from Brasília, Brazil, that formed in 2005 and has gone through periods of activity and hiatus. The band released the full-length album Hellakin Riders in September 2012, a ten-track record recorded, mixed, and mastered at Broadband Studio in Brasília. Their work appeared on the compilation Brasil Metal Union 2005, establishing them as part of the Brazilian metal underground.
An established stoner/doom metal voice from Stoke-on-Trent, contributing to United Kingdom's underground since 2022. Slow, deliberate riffing and suffocating atmospheres form the foundation of their craft.
Milwaukee's Harlots have spent two decades sharpening the intersection of metalcore and technical death metal into something genuinely punishing. Formed in 2004, they bring the rhythmic punch of the former and the surgical precision of the latter in equal measure.
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