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Harmony in Grotesque is a avant-garde/atmospheric doom/death metal band from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, formed in 2003. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Harmorage is a heavy metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2015 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Newly formed in 2025, Farmington, Connecticut's Harmozel deal in doom and heavy metal with a reverence for slow, crushing dynamics. They're early in their existence but already trading in the patient, riff-driven heaviness that defines the doom tradition.
Thrash metal band from Spain, active since 2015. Their aggressive riffing and high-velocity delivery channel the relentless spirit of classic thrash metal.
An established metalcore voice from Lappeenranta, contributing to Finland's underground since 2018. Their compositions channel the spirit of their genre through conviction and craft.
Hailing from Cornuda (Treviso) in Italy, this industrial/experimental doom metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2022. Massive, slow-building riffs and cavernous atmospheres define their doom approach.
Portland's Harness emerged in 2020 pulling death and thrash metal into violent collision, favoring the stripped-down brutality that comes from letting two of metal's most aggressive subgenres do what they do best without decoration.
Oakland's Harness take the groove metal template and sharpen it with thrash's velocity, forming a sound that hits hard from multiple angles. Formed in 2020, their approach is about locking into a groove and then driving it relentlessly forward.
Black metal and dungeon synth duo from Klagenfurt, Austria, combining cold, harsh black metal with dreamy synthesizer soundscapes and shrieking vocals. Their release Rauhnachtsreigen, a compilation of two demos recorded in cellars and a cave in the Carinthian region, was issued through Into Endless Chaos Records in 2022.
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