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Thrash/speed metal band from Cartagena, Spain, active since 2017. Their blistering attack channels the energy of classic thrash and speed metal from the Mediterranean port city.
Boston's Head in Hand navigate the slow-motion grief of sludge/doom/post-metal, crafting music that moves at the pace of catastrophe and carries the weight to match. Since 2020 they've contributed to a New England extreme scene that has increasingly embraced heavy, meditative forms.
Black/Doom Metal outfit rooted in Stockholm, channeling menacing underground intensity since 2013. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Sludge/drone/doom metal band from Goettingen, Germany, active since 2010. Their monolithic sound combines the most extreme elements of sludge, drone, and doom into earth-shaking, glacially paced compositions with releases including a split with Rule of Coss.
St. Louis thrash veterans Head on Collision have been a fixture of the Missouri metal underground since 2000, playing the kind of honest, riff-first thrash that doesn't ask for academic validation. Over two decades they've quietly accumulated a body of work built on consistency rather than hype.
Puyallup, Washington's Head Stabber are a fresh-faced death metal outfit formed in 2024, arriving with the blunt directness their name implies and a Pacific Northwest underground pedigree built on aggression rather than atmosphere. Still early in their arc, they show a clear commitment to old-school extremity.
Head Takers is a groove/thrash/death metal band from La Queue-lez-Yvelines, France, formed in 2012. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Head:Stoned is a thrash metal band from Porto, Portugal, active since 2011 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Headache is a death metal/grindcore band from Pietarsaari, Finland, active since 2010 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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