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Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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I.D.K. is a thrash metal/crossover band from Brindisi, Italy, active since 1996 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
Icepick is a crossover/thrash metal/hardcore band from Friesland, Netherlands, active since 2014 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
II Madres is a crossover/hardcore band from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, formed in 2019, fusing punk aggression with metal heaviness from the Canary Islands. The band channels the volcanic energy of Tenerife into short, explosive bursts of crossover fury.
Madison, Wisconsin's Imminent Attack evolved from their hardcore punk origins into a full-throttle crossover thrash beast, landing somewhere between D.R.I. and early Slayer with Midwest grit to spare.
Welsh metal band from Rhyl on the North Wales coast, active since 2011, evolving from early crossover/punk origins into melodic death metal and metalcore. Their stylistic shift reflects a maturation toward more technically demanding metal.
Thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Leeds in West Yorkshire, active since 2018. Their sound fuses thrash with hardcore punk energy from the northern English industrial city.
Impostor is a thrash metal/crossover band from Lillehammer, Norway, active since 2022 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
Impress is a hardcore punk band from Kostroma, Russia, active since 2008 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
Minneapolis crossover outfit In Defence have been thrashing since 2007 with a punk-fueled speed and a midwestern directness — short songs, faster riffs, and absolutely zero patience for posturing.
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