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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)
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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London-based melodic black/thrash metal and metalcore band formed in 2020, blending multiple aggressive styles. Their approach weaves the labyrinthine complexity their name suggests through a volatile mix of genres.
Italian thrash/groove metal/metalcore band from the Cremona/Bergamo area, combining multiple aggressive styles since 2011. Their portmanteau name captures the lacerating, hateful character of their multi-genre assault.
Swedish groove metal/metalcore band from Boras, combining rhythmic heaviness with hardcore aggression since 2014. Their name channels the finality and permanence of their crushing groove-metalcore hybrid.
Richmond, Virginia's Lamb of God are one of American metal's most influential acts, forging a genre-defining blend of groove metal and metalcore that helped bring heavy music to a new generation of fans. Their catalog stands as a landmark of 21st-century metal.
French progressive metalcore band from Avignon, blending technical ambition with hardcore intensity since 2016. Named after a galaxy supercluster, their cosmic-themed approach brings expansive vision to metalcore's aggressive framework.
Finnish melodic groove metal/metalcore/hard rock band from Kotka, formed in 2024 and blending multiple styles. Their versatile approach spans melodic hooks, groove-driven riffs, and hardcore aggression.
Greek progressive metal/metalcore band from Athens, blending technical ambition with hardcore aggression. Their approach merges progressive complexity with metalcore's dynamic intensity.
French metalcore band from Descartes, delivering crushing breakdowns and aggressive energy since 2016. Their sound channels metalcore's signature blend of hardcore punk and metal intensity.
Last Sigh were a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, with roots going back to 2005. The band released a demo titled Your Worst Fears before recording their debut full-length Beneath of the Flesh, Rotten, which was mixed and mastered by Alexander Dietz of Heaven Shall Burn at Chemical Burn Studio in Germany. During their active years they shared stages with international acts including As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, and August Burns Red.
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