Mass Hypnosis is the best kept secret of the South Eastern European Heavy Metal scene. Hailing from Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, this 3-piece Industrial / Groove Metal outfit are slowly forging their path for world domination. Initially formed in early 2006 as a Deathcore oriented band with influences from Melodic to Old School Brutal / Death Metal and even NY Hardcore.
Mass Hypnosis released their début album "Disin4mation" in 2010 under the wings of Geenger Records. The band is known for using socio-political lyrics and subjects like modern-age slavery, conspiracy facts, media manipulation, religion and war. They have shared stages with the likes of Darkest Hour, Deicide, Decapitated, Doom, Belphegor and Total Chaos, including a slot on a prestige Metalcamp festival alongside titans such as Slayer, Mastodon, Kreator etc.
Developing their sound even more they shifted towards Industrial Metal using heavy distortion, electronics, pounding bass riffs and fast-paced, aggressive vocals. The bands last two EP releases ''God Complex'' and ''Inevitable Disaster'' demonstrates where Mass Hypnosis is heading. This is the new industrial revolution!
Line Up:
Leo – Insults / Strings
Kodin – Sampler / Keyboard
Ela – Bass / Vocals
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Californian quartet defining themselves as Sci-Fi black metal, maybe due to cosmic and interstellar topics, sounding like blackened death metal too ("The Maw"). It's a well-balanced melodic black metal album, with some fast-paced tracks and nice rhythmic transitions reminding me of Swiss band Celtic Frost (e.g. Terminal Odyssey). In other words not overly dominated by drum speed and also not sounding as extreme or as raw as some BM can be. sachavonkarl74
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I think I discovered this one (well, Saor in general) in 2022. In addition to an embalming soundtrack go-to, it's definitely a cold-weather favorite. skyturtles
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Iranian Depressive Black Metal. This is a one man band whose other project is Ekove Efrits. This is very dark but does not even remotely descend into any kind of dullness along the way. Truly fantastic music! Highly recommended!!! bmurator