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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Death/sludge metal and hardcore band from Bielefeld, Germany, active since 2015. Their crushing crossover merges the brutality of death metal with sludge heaviness and hardcore punk intensity.
Hvöya is a black/sludge metal act from Moscow, Russia, active since 2013 and fusing black metal aggression with punk-influenced rawness and energy. The project bridges extreme metal and underground punk traditions.
HxDxYxF is a sludge metal/crust punk band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2025 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Hyper Talbot is a doom/stoner/sludge metal band from Algeciras, Spain, active since 2014 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.
Hypervenom is a stoner/sludge metal band from Salerno, Italy, active since 2018 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Hyperwülff is a stoner/sludge metal, electronic/soundtrack band from Bologna, Italy, active since 2014 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Hämnd is a sludge/post-metal band from Linköping, Sweden, formed in 2024. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Håndgemeng is a stoner/sludge metal band from Drøbak, Norway, active since 2018 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Nottingham-based sludge metal act active since 2019. Their occult name adds mystical overtones to heavy, abrasive compositions from the East Midlands underground.
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