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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Death/thrash metal band from Krefeld, Germany, active since 1995. As veterans of the German extreme metal scene with nearly three decades of experience, they deliver seasoned, no-nonsense brutality.
Hate in Flesh is a melodic death metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2015 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Hate in Hands is a metalcore/melodic death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2014 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Thrash metal act from Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, active since 2016. Their biblical name suits aggressive compositions forged in the volcanic Atlantic archipelago off Africa's coast.
Black/death metal band from Seville, Spain, active since 2009. Their fierce blend of black and death metal aggression brings extreme music to the cultural capital of Andalusia.
Hate Manifesto is a black/death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Hate Mechanism is a death metal band from Bristol, United Kingdom, active since 2009 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Blackened doom/death metal act from Memmingen, Germany, formed in 2021. Their suffocating blend of blackened atmosphere and doom-death heaviness creates a uniquely oppressive sonic landscape.
Heavy speed thrash metal outfit from Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area, active since 2016. Their marksmanship name matches precise, high-velocity riffing that targets from multiple thrash metal angles.
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