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Harmdaud is a atmospheric black metal band from Skellefteå, Sweden, formed in 2017. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
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Austrian melodic death metal act delivering technically proficient instrumental metal with atmospheric and doom-inflected passages. Their album Discord features extended compositions that blend dark ambient textures with crushing guitar work.
Heavy/thrash/power metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2020. Their multifaceted approach combines the catchiness of power metal with thrash aggression and heavy metal foundations.
Harmony is a progressive power metal band from Borås, Sweden, active since 2020 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Harmony Breaks is a melodic death/groove metal band from Zelenograd, Russia, active since 2016 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Brutal death metal band from Berlin, Germany, active as an underground cult since 1992, though reformed in 2016. Their fourth album, released through Defying Danger Records as a hand-numbered edition of 666 copies, continues a legacy of punishing death metal sickness after a thirteen-year hiatus.
Death metal, grindcore, and goregrind act from Coventry in the West Midlands, active since 2018. Their provocatively grotesque name matches visceral compositions exploring the most extreme corners of underground metal.
Harmony Fault is a goregrind and brutal death metal band from Lajeado, Brazil, active since 2002 and dedicated to splatter-themed extreme music. The band released their debut demo Pedaços de Carne Podre in 2002, followed by the full-length Rotting Flesh Good Meal in 2011 and Savage Horror Dementia in 2014, the latter recorded at Beto Estudio in Lajeado. Their 2024 release Gore Beyond Blood, issued through Old Grindered Days Records, featured the lineup of Calebe, Guilherme, Pulga, and Monteiro.
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