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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Hexgrafv is a stoner/doom metal band from Jönköping, Sweden, active since 2016 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Hexjakt is a doom/stoner metal band from Västmanland, Sweden, active since 2025 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Hexvessel is a psychedelic folk rock (early); atmospheric/post-black/doom metal (later) band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2011. They push black metal into atmospheric, post-metal territory.
Melodic death metal act from Birmingham, active since 2009. Their macabre name belies melodic sensibilities that blend death metal aggression with the songwriting heritage of Britain's metal birthplace.
Stoner/doom metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2023. Their thick, riff-heavy sound channels the hypnotic weight of stoner doom from the Bavarian capital.
Thrash metal act from Lyon in southeastern France, active since 2023. Their abbreviated name suits concise, aggressive thrash compositions from France's gastronomic capital turned metal hotbed.
Neo-psychedelic doom metal from Amsterdam
Drone-laced riffs and thunderous grooves with bluesy vocals and electric violin in a maelstrom of feedback, loops, and effects.
Blackened doom/death metal band from Spain, formed in 2022. Their oppressive fusion of blackened atmosphere and doom-death weight creates a suffocating sonic experience.
Metalcore act from Rambouillet near Paris, active since 2013. Their energetic sound channels over a decade of experience in the Île-de-France metalcore scene.
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