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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Death metal and metalcore five-piece from Halle an der Saale, Germany, active since 2007 with a DIY ethos forged in their Reste-Harry rehearsal room. Their discography includes the 2007 album Freight Train Falls from a Skyscraper and 2009's Armageddon for Joe Pedestrian, produced by Christoph Wieczorek at Sawdust Recordings.
Thrash metal and metalcore band from Manchester, England, active since 2022. Their sound harvests aggression from both genres, combining thrash speed with metalcore's dynamic structures.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Helsinki, Finland, blending Scandinavian melodeath traditions with modern metalcore energy. Their sound bridges the gap between Finland's melodic death metal heritage and contemporary metalcore's dynamic intensity.
Progressive and technical metalcore band from Rome, Italy, active since 2016. Their sound unifies complex progressive arrangements with metalcore's dynamic energy and aggressive intensity.
Genre-blending metal/rap/hardcore. Signed to Pure Noise Records.
Metalcore and deathcore band from Riga, Latvia, active since 2023 and delivering heavy, breakdown-driven aggression from the Baltic capital. Their sound reflects the growing influence of modern extreme metal in the Latvian scene.
Thrash metal and metalcore band from Marseille, France, emerging in 2025 with a sound that fuses thrash speed with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns. Their Mediterranean base brings southern French energy to their aggressive crossover sound.
Electronic metalcore and melodic death metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2016. Their sound integrates electronic production with the aggressive dynamics of metalcore and melodic death metal.
Until the Death is a metalcore band from Kaliningrad, Russia, whose 2013 Darkest Hour EP blends melodic death metal elements with metalcore aggression across four tracks. The band operates from Russia's westernmost exclave on the Baltic Sea.
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