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Featured Album
"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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S.U.P. craft avant-garde metal from the northern French town of Wallers, pushing beyond conventional metal boundaries into experimental territory. Active since 2018, they bring adventurous sonic exploration to the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
Samas evolved from straightforward black metal into avant-garde territory from Osnabruck, pushing beyond conventional structures into experimental sonic spaces. Their 2024-era work suggests a restless artistic vision that refuses to settle into predictability.
Schammasch are one of Switzerland's most ambitious extreme metal acts, evolving from black/death metal roots into sprawling avant-garde compositions that incorporate ritualistic atmospheres and progressive structures. Based in Basel, their work pushes the boundaries of what black metal can encompass, earning them international acclaim for albums of staggering scope.
Schmorf blend progressive, avant-garde, and thrash metal from the Ostrobothnian city of Kokkola, creating a genre-defying hybrid that refuses easy categorization. Active since 2018, they bring experimental ambition to the Finnish underground.
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Skarab craft avant-garde metal from Bonn, pushing beyond conventional metal structures into experimental sonic territory. Formed in 2020, they bring an adventurous, boundary-pushing approach to the former German capital's metal scene.
Soulstream have been crafting avant-garde black/death metal from Helsinki since 1999, pushing beyond conventional extreme metal into experimental territories. Their quarter-century of streaming darkness represents one of the Finnish underground's most enduring experimental voices.
Spiderpact craft avant-garde metal from the Finnish underground, pushing beyond conventional metal boundaries into experimental, web-spinning compositions. Formed in 2019, they bring arachnid ambition to the Finnish avant-garde scene.
Glasgow's Splintered Halo pursue the unconventional, channeling avant-garde metal's boundary-pushing ethos since 2016. Their compositions reject formula in favor of experimentation, yielding unpredictable and cerebral sonic journeys.
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