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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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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 Kolomna, Russia, formed in 2019, delivering rhythmically driven aggression from the Moscow Oblast. They bring modern metal intensity to the Russian scene.
Metalcore band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2020, delivering heavy breakdowns and intense energy from the Russian capital. They bring modern metal aggression to Moscow's diverse heavy music community.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2022, blending heavy grooves with metalcore intensity from the Polish capital. They bring modern aggression to Warsaw's active metal community.
Metalcore and melodic death metal band from Bolzano, Italy, formed in 2020, blending Scandinavian melodic death metal with modern metalcore from the alpine South Tyrol region. They bridge Italian and Germanic metal traditions.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Germany, formed in 2024, channeling wrath through the combination of melodic death metal precision and metalcore intensity. Their name, evoking a path of anger, signals the emotional force behind their music.
One of the longer-running voices in the São Paulo hardcore and metalcore scene, Paura emerged in 1995 from members of No-Violence and Garage Fuzz, fusing the DIY ethics of hardcore with heavy metal weight and politically charged lyrics around vegan straight edge and anti-homophobia themes. Their output spans from the 2014 album "Tameless" through to "Karmic Punishment" (2023), maintaining a raw urgency across nearly three decades of activity.
Payasos Come Niñas is a metalcore band from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, formed in 1999. The band has released two full-length albums: the self-titled Payasos come niñas (2017) and El circo de la agonía (2018). They remain active and independent.
Named after Captain Ahab's doomed vessel, Munich's Pequod has been pursuing its white whale of thrash-metalcore fusion since 2011. Their Bavarian capital base gives them access to one of southern Germany's most vibrant live music infrastructures.
Metalcore and thrash metal band from Horsens, Denmark, formed in 2020, fusing the intensity of thrash metal with the breakdowns and heaviness of metalcore. They bring modern aggression to the Danish metal scene.
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