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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Black metal project from Hesse, Germany, formed in 2026. Among the newest black metal projects in the German underground, they channel raw atmospheric darkness from the central German highlands.
Helsefyr is a black metal project from Övertorneå, Sweden, active since 2025 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Helshare is a blackened death metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Black metal act from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, active since 2008. Their cold, razor-sharp black metal reflects the isolation of their home in the Swiss Jura mountains.
Helslave is a melodic death metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2015 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Melodic black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2022. Their heroic name and melodically refined approach bring a distinctive Danish voice to melodic black metal.
Melodic death metal band from Las Palmas, Spain, formed in 2018. Their polished sound channels Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the sun-drenched Canary Islands.
Technical groove/death metal band from Rostock, Germany, active since 2014. Their intricate, groove-driven approach to death metal delivers technically demanding compositions from the Baltic coast.
Black metal/noise/experimental project from Germany, formed in 2022. Their boundary-pushing sound dissolves the barriers between black metal, noise, and experimental music into a uniquely abrasive vision.
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