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Handgun Sex Bucket is a doom metal/hardcore act from Maastricht, Netherlands, active since 2025 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Death metal band from Molins de Rei, Spain, formed in 2021. Their uncompromising approach delivers crushing death metal from the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Hands as Wings is a epic folk metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2018. They weave folk traditions into heavy metal compositions.
Hands of Attrition is a metalcore band from Birmingham, United Kingdom, active since 2019 and delivering aggressive, dynamic metal with crushing breakdowns and intense energy. The project channels the power of modern extreme metal.
Hands of Cernunnos is a black metal project from Ufa, Russia, active since 2016 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
An uncompromising heavy metal project from Nynäshamn, active since 2010. Twin-guitar harmonies and commanding vocals characterize their sound.
Post-black metal and ambient project from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2016. Their ethereal sound dissolves the boundaries between black metal intensity and ambient serenity, creating immersive, meditative soundscapes.
Thrash metal/hardcore band from Rostock, Germany, active since 2013. Their aggressive crossover brings the raw energy of hardcore punk to thrash metal's speed-driven assault from the Baltic coast.
Formed in London, England in 2007, Hang the Bastard operated at the intersection of sludge metal, doom, and metalcore, releasing Hellfire Reign (2010) and Sex in the Seventh Circle (2014) on Century Media Records. Their churning, downtuned riffs and hardcore-inflected aggression placed them alongside the British heavy underground scene of the late 2000s. The band disbanded in 2016 following a farewell performance at the Damnation Festival but subsequently reunited.
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