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Featured Album
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)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Hellchant is a black/death metal band from The Hague, the Netherlands, formed in 2016. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Hellcord is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Kemerovo, Russia, active since 2019 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Hellcraft is a death metal band from Berdiansk, Ukraine, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Hailing from Nova Gorica in Slovenia, this death 'n' roll/crust outfit channels aggressive energy since 2011. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Death 'n' roll band from Rosegg, Austria, formed in 2010, fusing death metal aggression with groove-laden rock sensibilities. Their album Gate to Hell features nine tracks of hard-hitting, hook-driven extremity including collaborations with El-War.
Operating from Szczecin, this death metal/grindcore project has been shaping grim sound since 2018. Cavernous production and rhythmic complexity define their death metal approach.
Melodic death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2021. Their Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal brings sweeping guitar harmonies and aggressive rhythms to the Swabian metal scene.
A relentless thrash/death/black metal entity from Stoke-on-Trent, contributing to the british underground since 2019. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Death/thrash metal band from Kassel, Germany, active since 2011. Their punishing crossover of death and thrash metal delivers relentless extremity from the heart of Hesse.
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