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Featured Album
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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Swedish melodic death metal/metalcore band from Stockholm, blending Scandinavian melodeath with hardcore intensity since 2011. Their approach channels the melodic traditions of Swedish death metal with modern metalcore dynamics.
Spanish melodic death metal/metalcore band from Plentzia, blending Scandinavian melodeath hooks with hardcore aggression since 2017. Their approach bridges melodic sophistication and breakneck heaviness.
Swedish band from Boras that evolved from melodic death/thrash metal origins in 2011 into metalcore territory. Their parasitic name captures the clinging, invasive character of their aggressive sound.
German metalcore act from Thuringia, combining crushing breakdowns with melodic passages since 2012. Their approach channels the genre's signature blend of hardcore aggression and metal technicality.
Charleston, West Virginia's Left Behind drag sludge and stoner metal through a metalcore filter, letting the Appalachian weight of their hometown seep into every lumbering riff. Slow-burning and heavy, they have been at it since 2013 with no signs of lightening up.
Hungarian groove metal/metalcore band from Budapest, formed in 2024 and combining rhythmic punch with hardcore aggression. Their evocative name captures the cold, withering character of their sound.
Venomous Depressive Black Metal from Houston.
Ossining, New York's Left in Ruins pull death metal, thrash, and metalcore into a tightly wound package that has been evolving since 2013. The Hudson Valley band blend aggression and melody without softening the edges of either.
Lakeville, Minnesota's Legal Murder have been combining melodic death metal's sweep-picked drama with thrash aggression and metalcore grit since 2017. They write hooks that cut even as the tempos climb.
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