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title: "Hands of Despair"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/hands-of-despair"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "Canada"
formed: 2008
---

# Hands of Despair

**Hands of Despair** is a progressive metal band, from Canada, active 2008 to present.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Hands of Despair |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Montréal, Canada |
| Formed | 2008 |
| Releases in catalog | 4 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | [Hereafter](https://themetalnet.com/album/a7aa014b-95cb-41e3-b119-89fc7e3731f6) | Album |
| 2016 | [Bereft](https://themetalnet.com/album/3388ab1a-5192-4274-aaa9-3a1f6f110ed6) | Album |
| 2018 | [Well of the Disquieted](https://themetalnet.com/album/1400a8ab-06e9-4cb6-b1ab-21942403b702) | Album |
| 2021 | [The Crimson Boughs (And Other Short Tales)](https://themetalnet.com/album/5b94438a-d9ce-4de8-a3ca-6f87a81965b4) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Rivers of Nihil](https://themetalnet.com/band/rivers-of-nihil) (listened together)
- [The Antichrist Imperium](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-antichrist-imperium) (same tags)
- [Cosmic Carnage](https://themetalnet.com/band/cosmic-carnage) (same tags)
- [Carcharoth](https://themetalnet.com/band/carcharoth-cd6d7b92) (same tags)
- [Changeling](https://themetalnet.com/band/changeling) (same tags)
- [VoidCeremony](https://themetalnet.com/band/voidceremony) (same tags)
- [Schizochristo](https://themetalnet.com/band/schizochristo) (same tags)
- [The Aurora Project](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-aurora-project) (same tags)
- [Dawn of Ouroboros](https://themetalnet.com/band/dawn-of-ouroboros) (same tags)
- [Crimson Dimension](https://themetalnet.com/band/crimson-dimension) (same tags)
- [Disfracture](https://themetalnet.com/band/disfracture) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://handsofdespair.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hands-of-despair/114242368632454
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/HandsOfDespair
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3LpIasvFz4TvYjjownVq4R
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/7662520
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Hands_of_Despair/3540340213

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/hands-of-despair](https://themetalnet.com/band/hands-of-despair). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt