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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
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Scum (2017)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Hraesvelgr is a black metal project from Sweden, active since 2016 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hrafn is a black metal project from Dalarna, Sweden, active since 1997 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black metal project from Germany, formed in 2025. Named using Old Norse runes, they represent the newest wave of black metal steeped in Norse cultural traditions.
Atmospheric black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2021. Their ethereal compositions layer rich atmospheric textures over black metal foundations from the Bavarian landscape.
Black/doom metal band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of merging black metal's cold fury with doom metal's crushing weight from the Ruhr industrial heartland.
Hresvelg is a raw black metal project from Novorossiysk, Russia, active since 2016 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
Black metal band from Santander, Spain, active since 2011. Their cold, uncompromising sound has been a fixture of the Cantabrian black metal scene for over a decade.
Hrtkos is a black metal project from Poland, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hrungnir is a melodic black/death metal band from Mariestad, Sweden, formed in 2013. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
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