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The Helldozers is a southern/groove metal/rock band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2013. They deliver heavy, groove-laden southern metal and rock.
The Hellectric Devilz from Bayonne in the French Basque Country deliver heavy metal charged with diabolical electricity since 2020. Their portmanteau name — hell plus electric — drives compositions of hell-powered energy from the Pyrénées-Atlantiques coast.
Formed in Budapest, Hungary, in 2009 by two former members of the surf-psycho act Los Tiki Torpedoes, The Hellfreaks built their early reputation on a fusion of psychobilly and horror punk delivered with aggressive energy and dark theatrical flair. Their first two albums, Hell Sweet Hell (2010) and Circus of Shame (2012), established the project before a stylistic pivot toward harder punk rock on Astoria (2016), a move accompanied by a lineup overhaul. The band has continued releasing records, including God on the Run (2020) and Pitch Black Sunset (2023), broadening their sound while retaining the macabre imagery of their origins.
The Hidden Project from Elche in Alicante province deliver death metal from the palm-grove city of southeastern Spain since 2012. Their secretive name frames an underground approach to extreme metal from the Valencian coast.
The High Confessions are a Chicago-based supergroup formed in 2009 around an unlikely convergence of experimental music veterans: industrial vocalist Chris Connelly (Ministry, Revolting Cocks), Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, metal producer Sanford Parker (Minsk, Nachtmystium), and engineer Jeremy Lemos. Their debut album Turning Lead into Gold (2010) on Relapse Records is a brooding, drone-heavy document of post-rock experimentation informed by each member's industrial and metal background, described by critics as evocative and textural rather than aggressive. The project represented a rare cross-pollination of Chicago's disparate underground scenes.
Scranton, Pennsylvania's The Hill You Die On blend the slow, suffocating weight of doom metal with the gritty, road-worn character of Southern metal, creating something that feels both regionally displaced and geographically inevitable. Founded in 2017, they traffic in the kind of heavy that builds gradually and lands hard, with a working-class authenticity that suits their northeastern industrial roots. The name alone signals their philosophy: deliberate, committed, and dug in.
The Hirvi is a thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2018. Their name meaning "the moose" in Finnish, they deliver aggressive thrash with a uniquely Finnish identity.
The Hitmen began in Sydney in the late 1970s around vocalist Johnny Kannis and guitarist Chris Masuak, drawing energy from the same high-voltage underground that produced Radio Birdman and other Australian punk-era rock bands. Originally appearing as Johnny and the Hitmen, the group quickly became a vehicle for tough, Detroit-influenced rock, punk momentum, and sharp-edged guitar work. Their self-titled 1981 album and the follow-up It Is What It Is captured a band that could be raw and direct without losing melodic bite, mixing swaggering originals with a sense of rock-and-roll lineage. After the first era wound down, Kannis and Masuak revived the spirit under the Hitmen DTK name, leaning further into hard rock attack and live intensity. Later reunions kept the catalogue active and connected the band to newer audiences interested in Australian underground rock history. The Hitmen's appeal is rooted in brash guitars, forceful vocals, and a streetwise bridge between punk urgency and hard rock confidence.
The Holeum from Murcia craft post-metal and post-rock that explores vast, cavernous sonic spaces from southeastern Spain since 2016. Their name evokes a hollow, resonant void that mirrors the expansive atmospheres of their compositions.
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