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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
De Doorn (2021)
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Hiidensurma is a atmospheric black metal band from Finland, formed in 2017. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Hiisi is a black metal project from Tampere, Finland, active since 2025 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Finland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Melodic black/death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2014. Their sophisticated blend of melodic precision and extreme metal aggression brings technical excellence to the Swabian scene.
Black/Thrash Metal outfit rooted in Hultsfred, channeling thunderous underground intensity since 2018. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
Hilde is a melodic death metal (early); melodic black metal (later) band from Marseille, France, formed in 2020. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Hilderog is a black metal project from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, active since 2002 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hildethrumm is a experimental black metal project from Tyumen, Russia, active since 2025 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Rooted in Nås's underground, this black metal project delivers grim compositions with conviction since 2020. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
A menacing atmospheric black metal entity from Rhaetian Alps, contributing to the italian underground since 2007. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
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