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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Hellhighspeed is a black/thrash/speed metal act from Bordeaux, France, active since 2020 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Luxembourgish thrash/black metal project channeling dark darkness since 2018. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
German extreme metal project formed in 2025, evolving through multiple stylistic phases from noisecore through black/death metal and grindcore. Their restless genre-hopping reflects an uncompromising, boundary-defying approach to extreme music.
HellHunger is a black metal project from Russia, active since 2025 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black/thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen/Cologne, Germany, active since 2011. Their savage fusion of blackened atmosphere and thrash metal speed delivers relentless aggression from the Ruhr-Rhine corridor.
Black metal project from Liege, Belgium, formed in 2020. Emerging from the Wallonian underground, they channel raw black metal fury with an intensity that reflects the genre's uncompromising European roots.
Hellish Breed is a death/black metal band from North Brabant, the Netherlands, formed in 2020. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Hellish Force is a black/thrash/speed metal act from Oslo, Norway, active since 2025 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Based in London, this black/death metal/crust project has been a fixture of United Kingdom's underground since 2020. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
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