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Featured Album
Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Rehab (24-bit HD Audio, Bonus Tracks Version) (2023)
05/25 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor
Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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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.
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.
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