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Featured Album
Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore act from Targu Mures formed in 2019, fusing aggressive riffing with punk energy from the heart of Transylvania. Their genre-blending approach channels raw intensity from multiple extreme music traditions.
Crossover thrash act from Catania, Sicily, active since 2017. Corroded fuses punk energy with thrash metal aggression from beneath Mount Etna.
Raleigh, North Carolina institution that helped define the intersection of Southern sludge, crossover thrash, and heavy rock across four decades of relentless output. Their influence on heavy American music is vast and their riffs remain some of the genre's most enduring.
Crossover thrash band from Serres in northern Greece, formed in 2019. They blend thrash metal with hardcore punk energy from the Macedonian region.
Crossover thrash band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2012. They combine the reckless velocity of thrash metal with hardcore punk attitude in a high-energy, riff-driven attack.
Crossover thrash act from the Sabugal and Castelo Branco area in central Portugal's interior, formed in 2019. Crab Monsters delivers punk-fueled thrash from the rural Beira Baixa region.
Orange County crossover thrash act channeling the reckless energy that defined the California hardcore-meets-metal scene. Creatures keep the pit-starting spirit of classic crossover alive with fast, aggressive songs.
Crossover thrash and power-thrash act from Budapest, active since 2009. Crippled Fox combines high-speed thrash riffing with punk energy and melodic power metal elements.
Pioneering New York City hardcore/crossover legends, the Cro-Mags fused Hare Krishna philosophy with pit-wrecking riffs on their landmark 1986 debut 'The Age of Quarrel,' defining the sound of NYHC for decades.
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