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Head Takers is a groove/thrash/death metal band from La Queue-lez-Yvelines, France, formed in 2012. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Head:Stoned is a thrash metal band from Porto, Portugal, active since 2011 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Headache is a death metal/grindcore band from Pietarsaari, Finland, active since 2010 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Headacheman is a death metal band from Novorossiysk (early)/Novorossiysk/Krasnodar (later), Russia, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Headcrash is a grindcore act from Eindhoven, Netherlands, active since 2014 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
Headcrasher is a heavy/speed metal band from Cosenza, Italy, active since 2024 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Headcrusher is a groove/thrash metal band from Strzelce Opolskie, Poland, formed in 2010. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Headfirst is a thrash metal band from Toulon, France, active since 2013 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Headhaunter is a thrash metal band from Dordrecht, Netherlands, active since 2018 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
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