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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Life of Agony is a Brooklyn, New York band formed in 1989 whose debut River Runs Red (1993, Roadrunner Records) is a widely cited cornerstone of the crossover between hardcore, alternative metal, and groove metal. The album's loose narrative arc around personal despair and suburban alienation anticipated the confessional intensity that would define much of mid-1990s heavy music, and the band built on it with Ugly (1995) and Soul Searching Sun (1997). Frontperson Mina Caputo, who publicly came out as transgender in 2011, rejoined the band for A Place Where There's No More Pain (2017) and The Sound of Scars (2019).
Spanish crossover/thrash metal band from Barcelona, fusing thrash aggression with crossover punk attitude since 2017. Their approach delivers mosh-ready intensity rooted in the Catalan underground.
Maltese death metal/crossover band from Marsa, active since 2003 and representing the island's longest-running extreme act. Their two decades of brutality make them pioneers of the Maltese underground metal scene.
French thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Paris, merging thrash speed with punk attitude since 2018. Their name, a fusion of 'loco' and 'muerte,' captures the wild, death-defying energy of their crossover assault.
Ukrainian thrash metal/crossover band from Zhytomyr with funk elements, forming an unusual genre blend since 2021. Their provocative name signals the irreverent, humorous character of their funky crossover thrash.
Swedish thrash metal/crossover band from Orebro, merging thrash speed with punk attitude since 2014. Their name captures the bottom-feeding, ground-level aggression of their crossover thrash.
Scottish thrash metal/crossover band from Edinburgh, newly formed in 2025 and merging thrash speed with crossover punk energy. Their approach delivers mosh-ready aggression from Scotland's capital.
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