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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Hovf is a black metal project from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2015 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hovmod is a black metal project from Vestre Toten, Norway, active since 2014 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
An uncompromising black metal (early); post-black metal (later) project from Trento, active since 2010. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Howling North is a atmospheric/post-black metal band from Syktyvkar, Russia, formed in 2013. They push black metal into atmospheric, post-metal territory.
Howling Waste is a black metal project from Glasgow, United Kingdom, active since 2018 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the United Kingdom black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
An established black metal voice from Kitee, contributing to Finland's underground since 2020. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Howls of Derision is a atmospheric black metal/dark ambient band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2022. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Hoyt is a black metal project from Transylvania, Romania, active since 2009 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Romania black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hrad is a atmospheric black metal/dungeon synth band from France, formed in 2021. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
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