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Asheville, North Carolina's Harsh Realm channel the city's fertile underground into death-doom of considerable weight — slow tempos, death metal's brutality, and a mournful undercurrent that makes the music feel genuinely funereal. Active since 2019.
Harshness is a progressive/black/thrash metal act from Lille, France, active since 2018 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Indianapolis black metal project Hart is the solo work of a musician who has channeled the genre's isolation and introspection since 2017. The project captures black metal's solitary spirit with a fidelity to the rawer, more atmospheric end of the style.
Harta is a power metal band from Vologda, Russia, active since 2015 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Hartwig is a thrash metal band from Falun, Sweden, active since 2023 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
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