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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Magellan's Expedition (2022)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Among the Shadows (2024)
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Rooted in Helsinki's underground, this psychedelic death/sludge metal project delivers crushing compositions with conviction since 2015. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
Atmospheric black metal project from Grodno, Belarus, formed in 2025. Their debut Driven By Sin delivers three tracks of haunting, romantic lo-fi black metal that has drawn comparisons to early Kekht Arakh and Midnight Betrothed.
Heavy metal and hard rock act from Worthing on the Sussex coast, active since 2021. Their psychological name adds dramatic tension to classic metal and rock compositions from the English seaside.
Hung on Horns is a progressive/post-metal band from London/Bournemouth, England, formed in 2016. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Hungry Wölf is a black/thrash metal/punk act from Magnitogorsk, Russia, active since 2013 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Black metal project from Denmark, formed in 2025. Their name an Old Norse-inspired spelling of 'Hunger,' they represent the newest wave of Danish black metal.
Hunikel is a symphonic black metal band from Lund, Sweden, formed in 2019. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
Black death metal act from Worcester in the West Midlands, active since 2012. Their hate-filled name broadcasts over a decade of unrelenting extremity from England's cathedral city country.
Deathcore band from Wittenberg, Germany, active since 2012. Their crushing breakdowns and guttural aggression deliver modern deathcore from the historic city of the Reformation.
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