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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Los Angeles, California metalcore act formed in 2022, entering a city with an enormous and competitive heavy music scene and aiming to carve out space within contemporary metalcore's blend of crushing breakdowns and melodic tension.
Threshold Sicks from Perth in Scotland deliver thrash metal and metalcore with the punning sickness their name implies since 2007. Nearly two decades from the Fair City has produced compositions that push past the threshold of intensity.
Thrima is a metalcore band from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver aggressive metalcore from the northeastern German underground.
Newark, Delaware's Through Extinction blend melodic death metal's harmonic depth with the structural dynamics of metalcore, arriving at a hybrid sound that appeals to fans of both extremes since their 2019 formation. Their approach to brutality is tempered by melodic instincts and a taste for big, cathartic song structures.
Exeter, New Hampshire's Through Fear have been combining groove metal's mid-tempo punch with metalcore's dynamic intensity since 2014, producing a sound that is heavy without abandoning the melodic and structural accessibility of the metalcore tradition. They represent the kind of hardworking regional band that sustains the New England heavy music underground.
Sturgis, Michigan's Through the Ashes have been playing straight metalcore since 2018, bringing the genre's blend of heavy breakdowns and melodic passages to a small Michigan town better known for its proximity to Indiana than any music scene. They represent the kind of locally-rooted band that keeps metalcore's underground alive beyond the major market cities.
New York's Through the Discipline have been working the groove metal and metalcore crossover since 2004, bringing the rhythmic intensity and riff-focused sensibility of groove metal to structures shaped by metalcore's dynamic range. Two decades of activity in the competitive New York metal market speaks to a genuine ability to hold an audience.
Melodic death metal band from São Paulo formed in 2014, with a lineup featuring vocalist Diogo Nunes, guitarists Gui Calegari and Fabricio Fernandes, bassist Rodrigo Gagliardi, and drummer Maycon Avelino. Their debut album Days of Retribution was released on May 15, 2025, recorded at Dual Noise Studio in São Paulo; the track "Gaia" features a guest appearance by Björn 'Speed' Strid of Soilwork. The band opened for Exodus at Carioca Club in São Paulo in October 2024.
Orange County's Throwdown began in 1999 as a force in metalcore and hardcore before evolving into a groove-heavy machine influenced by Pantera-style crunch, earning a loyal following across both worlds over two decades of punishing live performances.
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