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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 metalcore outfit Thrown into Exile have been building a reputation in the sprawling Southern California scene since 2016, delivering punishing breakdowns and melodic urgency that pull from both hardcore and modern metal.
Thrownaway from the small Swabian town of Ehingen blend melodic death metal with metalcore's rhythmic intensity, formed in 2025 as one of Baden-Württemberg's newest heavy acts. Their name channels the discarded and overlooked into aggressive, emotionally charged compositions.
From Strasburg, Virginia, Thus, Anguish have been active since 2012 and occupy the muscular middle ground between death metal's brutality, groove metal's propulsive swing, and metalcore's structural tension. The band's location in the Shenandoah Valley gives them a regional distance from the coasts that seems to feed a raw, working-class directness in their approach.
Providence, Rhode Island's Thy Will Be Done have been at the groove metal and metalcore crossroads since 2013, building songs around thick, mid-tempo riffs and the rhythmic swagger that puts groove at the center of their attack. Providence has a fierce independent music tradition, and the band's decade-plus tenure there reflects a commitment to heavy music in a city that takes its underground seriously.
Crystal Lake, Illinois's Thyateira have been weaving melodic death metal's dual-guitar harmony and emotional intensity together with metalcore's structural urgency since 2011, building a sound that carries traces of both the Gothenburg scene and the American metalcore movement. Their longevity in a Chicago suburb rather than the city proper gives the band a certain scrappy, scene-independent character.
Tides of Virtue from Essex blend melodic death metal with metalcore since 2008. Over fifteen years of morally charged compositions from the London fringe has produced a substantial catalog of melodically sophisticated aggression.
Till I Bleed is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, active since 2013. Their visceral name captures the intensity of their blend of melodic death metal and metalcore.
Tired of Waiting from Zaragoza blend death metal with metalcore intensity, channeling the impatience their name suggests into urgent, aggressive compositions since 2009. Over fifteen years of output from the Aragonese capital, they have refined their hybrid of extremity and rhythmic precision.
Livermore, California's Titan Rage came together in 2021 at the intersection of death metal, thrash, and metalcore, blending the ferocity of extreme metal with the rhythmic brutality of hardcore-influenced breakdowns.
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