Austin, Texas based melodic death metal band-to-watch HINAYANA will release their massive sophomore full-length album, Shatter And Fall, this Friday, November 10, 2023 via Napalm Records.

Following their stunning recent singles "Reverse The Code" and "Triptych Visions", HINAYANA have released their third new single, “A Tide Unturning”, featuring guest vocal contributions from Tuomas Saukkonen of WOLFHEART. The track shines as one of the most brutalizing yet...

Austin, Texas based melodic death metal band-to-watch HINAYANA recently announced the release of their unmissable upcoming sophomore full-length album, Shatter And Fall, out November 10, 2023 via Napalm Records. Setting them apart from contemporaries like Insomnium, Amorphis and Swallow the Sun, Shatter And Fall blends modern, accessible elements with equal parts melody and menace, emerging as a fresh entry in this year’s most head-turning metal offerings.

Today, following their recent...

In 2018, Austin, Texas based melodic death metal unit HINAYANA ensnared the masses with their self-released debut, Order Divine, and later defied the pandemic with their subsequent 2020 release, the Death Of The Cosmic EP. Now, the band returns with their long-anticipated sophomore full-length, Shatter And Fall, out November 10, 2023 via Napalm Records - and it proves well worth the wait.

Produced by frontman Casey Hurd and Kevin Butler...

HINAYANA started out as a one-man band spearheaded by frontman Casey Hurd, and subsequently released the crushing full-length, Order Divine, in 2018. Otherworldly and haunting while maintaining a massive heaviness peppered with undeniable groove, 2020's Death Of The Cosmic EP was primarily self-produced by the band with mixing/drum recording from Kevin Butler and mastering by Swallow The Sun’s Juho Raiha.

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Artwork: Travis Smith

Austin, Texas-based melodic death-doom metal unit HINAYANA recently announced the upcoming release of their crushing Death Of The Cosmic EP - set for release on August 28, 2020 via Napalm Records.

Today, HINAYANA are shadowing the reveal of the music video for their charging, melancholy first single “Cold Conception” (featuring trailblazing late Tengger Cavalry frontman and multi-instrumentalist Nature Ganganbaigal on Morin Khuur),...

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Austin, Texas, USA-based melodic death/doom upstarts HINAYANA have officially signed a worldwide contract with Napalm Records!

Originally founded as a one-man project by vocalist, guitarist and creative visionary Casey Hurd back in 2014, HINAYANA soon rounded out their full line-up and released their highly praised debut, Order Divine, in 2018. The fervent quintet scatters a remarkable sonic framework over the melodic death metal horizon whilst adding their atmospheric yet doom-driven...

Black Lion Records is thrilled and proud to announce that they have signed an agreement with Hinayana, a full fledge Death/Doom monster which now ranks as the hardest hitting band around the thrash lands of Texas.

With a fresh album out, Hinayana took the world by storm with their debut album “Order Divine”, which was released earlier this summer. Constantly playing live and opening for great acts such as Carach...