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AntiFragile (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Groove metal and metalcore band from Cornwall, England, active since 2011 with releases including False Idols and Pyrite Thrones and Back to the Blind. Their sound merges the rhythmic crunch of groove metal with metalcore's dynamic shifts and breakdowns.
Progressive metalcore band from Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm in Bavaria, named after the infamous unsolved 1922 murders at a Bavarian farmstead. Formed in 2019, their technically ambitious compositions layer progressive complexity over metalcore's dynamic intensity.
Melodic death metal and metalcore act from Lausanne, Switzerland, formed in 2013 and delivering hook-laden aggression with clean and harsh vocal interplay. Their approach balances melodic accessibility with the intensity of modern extreme metal.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Raahe in northern Finland, active since 2000 and representing a quarter-century of aggressive, hook-laden compositions. Their longevity in the Finnish melodeath scene speaks to an enduring commitment to the genre.
Brno-based act blending thrash, death metal, and metalcore into a volatile cocktail of Czech extreme metal. Their genre-crossing approach pairs breakneck riffing with modern metalcore dynamics.
Bologna-based metalcore and progressive metal act, active since 2021 delivering technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
From the small college town of St. Peter, Minnesota, Kalopsya have quickly made themselves known since forming in 2023 with a style that blends melodic death metal's emotive sweep with the modern aggression of metalcore. An unlikely origin for a band with genuine momentum.
Parisian metalcore band formed in 2018, blending breakdown-driven dynamics with modern metal's technical polish. Their chaos-infused name captures the turbulent energy of their sound.
Athens metal band formed in 2002 that evolved from metalcore origins into a black metal-focused sound, making an impact on the Greek scene through powerful live performances. Their discography includes Serpent God, Mount of the Congregation, and the track "Legacy," produced at Symbolic P Studios and mastered at Hertz Studio.
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