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Headacheman is a death metal band from Novorossiysk (early)/Novorossiysk/Krasnodar (later), Russia, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Battle Creek, Michigan's Headcheese are a gloriously repugnant collision of slam death metal, brutal death, and goregrind, weaponizing grotesque imagery and gut-punch breakdowns with the enthusiasm of a band that genuinely loves how ugly their music can get. Since 2020 they've been an ideal entry point for listeners who want their death metal without any refinement.
Headcrash is a grindcore act from Eindhoven, Netherlands, active since 2014 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
Headcrasher is a heavy/speed metal band from Cosenza, Italy, active since 2024 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Headcrusher is a groove/thrash metal band from Strzelce Opolskie, Poland, formed in 2010. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Headfirst is a thrash metal band from Toulon, France, active since 2013 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Headhaunter is a thrash metal band from Dordrecht, Netherlands, active since 2018 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Tucson death metal outfit Headhunt have been operating in Arizona's desert underground since 2022, delivering the genre's fundamentals — buzzsaw guitars, deep vocals, punishing tempos — with the focused purpose of a band that knows exactly what it wants to be.
Heavy metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2019, evolving from heavy metal origins into hard rock territory. Their stylistic evolution reflects a willingness to explore beyond genre boundaries while maintaining a foundation of heavy riffing.
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