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"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
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Reacción Corrupta is a thrash metal and crossover band from Girona in Catalonia, Spain, active since 1990. Over three decades of thrash metal make them one of the veteran acts of the Catalan extreme metal scene.
Thrash metal/crossover band from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2019. Their playful name accompanies energetic crossover thrash from the Emilia-Romagna capital.
Phoenix's Reasons have been mashing hardcore fury and thrash metal aggression since 2014 in the classic crossover mold — fast, short, and hostile. The Arizona desert has always had a tradition of no-nonsense punk-metal hybrids, and Reasons fit squarely into that lineage of blistering brevity.
Recast is a thrash/progressive metal and crossover band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2024. The band merges progressive complexity with thrash aggression and crossover energy from Bavaria's capital.
Reclaimed is a thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2020. The band fuses thrash aggression with hardcore and crossover punk energy from the French capital.
Washington State's Red Death have been delivering thrash metal with crossover punk urgency since 2018, marrying the aggression of hardcore with the technical charge of classic thrash. Tight, mean, and built for movement, they represent the Pacific Northwest's thriving extreme underground.
Reel Fiction is a heavy metal band originally from Berlin, Germany, that later relocated to Sassari in Sardinia, evolving from heavy metal roots into a crossover/gothic metal sound. The band's geographic shift mirrors their stylistic evolution across genres.
Progressive thrash metal/crossover band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2020. Their approach combines progressive complexity with thrash velocity and crossover energy.
Crossover/thrash metal band from Haarlem, the Netherlands, active since 2018. Their approach blends crossover punk with thrash velocity from the North Holland city.
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