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Melodic death metal band from the backwaters of Kokemaki, Finland, featuring a six-piece lineup with keyboards. Their 2012 EP "Era Of New Lies" delivers four tracks of melodic death metal blending aggressive instrumentation with melodic elements across compositions ranging from three to five minutes.
San Antonio's Hate Collider have been smashing death and thrash metal together since 2014, generating the kind of impact the name suggests. South Texas aggression runs through their approach, drawing from a city with a long history of extreme music.
Bred in Bratislava's underground, this act delivers furious metalcore since 2010. Energetic performances and committed songwriting define their approach.
Hate Crew was a death/thrash metal and crossover band from Ozumba de Alzate, State of Mexico, active from 2009 until splitting up in 2017. The band released the self-titled EP Self Destruction in 2014, which included covers of Slayer and Sepultura alongside original material.
Hate Disposal is a death metal band from Pombal / Leiria, Portugal, active since 2020 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Hate Embrace is a death metal band from Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2008. Their 2014 album Sertão Saga, released on Insane Records, is a conceptual work organized in three acts drawing on the history of the legendary northeastern Brazilian outlaw Lampião, blending death metal with regional folklore and lyrics sung entirely in Portuguese.
Tampa's Hate Eternal are one of Florida death metal's most enduring forces, founded in 1999 by Erik Rutan — himself a Morbid Angel guitarist — as a vehicle for hyper-technical, unrelenting brutality. Over two decades of records have cemented their place among the genre's most technically accomplished acts.
Death/thrash metal band from Krefeld, Germany, active since 1995. As veterans of the German extreme metal scene with nearly three decades of experience, they deliver seasoned, no-nonsense brutality.
Minneapolis's Hate for Humanity channel black metal's malevolent atmosphere through a thrash metal chassis since 2020, the result a cold and aggressive hybrid with the speed of the latter and the contempt of the former.
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