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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2022)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Inhale The Noise (2026)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Apocalypse (2023)
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Black metal project from Germany, formed in 2025. Their name meaning 'Homecoming,' they represent the newest wave of German black metal with raw, uncompromising vision.
Heimland is a black metal project from Karmøy, Norway, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black metal project from Weinbohla, Germany, active since 2012. Their atmospheric approach channels the landscapes of Saxony through cold, contemplative black metal.
Heimsgard is a pagan black metal band from Remiremont, France, formed in 2015. They forge pagan-inspired black metal rooted in ancient traditions.
Black metal project from Manchester, active since 2017. Their murky compositions channel the industrial grit of northern England's greatest music city into atmospheric black metal.
Heir is a black/sludge metal act from Toulouse, France, active since 2017 and fusing black metal aggression with punk-influenced rawness and energy. The project bridges extreme metal and underground punk traditions.
Heir Corpse One is a death/groove metal band from Sweden, active since 2022 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Drawing from Turin's metal heritage, this symphonic deathcore outfit channels fierce energy since 2019. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
Deathcore band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2023. Their crushing breakdowns and guttural intensity deliver modern deathcore from the Spanish capital.
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