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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
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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Ashes of Sorrow is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2018, combining the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian melodeath with metalcore's heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocal delivery. The band operates from the heart of Franconia's growing metal scene.
Lakewood, Colorado metalcore band operating from Denver's western suburbs, adding melodic aggression to the Front Range's active heavy music community.
Charlottesville, Virginia metalcore/NWOTHM hybrid blending traditional metal melody with modern aggression, contributing to Virginia's productive mid-Atlantic metal scene.
Ashes to Ember is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Werne in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2022, fusing melodic death metal's dual-guitar harmonies with metalcore's rhythmic aggression. The band represents the younger generation of the melodic extreme metal crossover in the Ruhr area.
New Jersey progressive metal act crafting intricate, architecturally-inspired compositions from the Garden State, blending technical precision with expansive songwriting.
Asleep with Hope delivers metalcore from the Sarthe capital of Le Mans since 2016, their paradoxical name evoking dormant optimism. Their sound channels the contrast between crushing heaviness and melodic aspiration.
Buffalo, New York metalcore and thrash hybrid whose 2018 debut The Undying delivers aggressive, melodically charged heaviness from Western New York's hardscrabble metal scene.
Astral Space Inc delivers melodic death metal and metalcore from Moscow since 2024. Their corporate-cosmic name brings a sardonic edge to melodic extremity from the Russian capital.
Thessaloniki's Astrarot deliver a volatile cocktail of death metal, thrash, and metalcore, shifting between technical precision and pit-ready aggression. Since 2015, they've been a high-energy presence in the northern Greek metal scene.
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