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Featured Album
"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Neo-psychedelic doom metal from Amsterdam
Drone-laced riffs and thunderous grooves with bluesy vocals and electric violin in a maelstrom of feedback, loops, and effects.
Anonymous* Activist Band, focused on immigrant rights and the cultures that bring life to the Americas. Fast shredding 8 string guitar riffs accompanied by pummeling drums and accented soundscapes brings the listener on a chaotic journey.
Mind-expanding psychedelic/space rock project of Solitude Aeturnus guitarist John Perez.
Dark psychedelic heaviness channeling Swans and Sabbath from Austin.
Crushing Psychedelic Rock, Doom Metal from New York, New York /.
Rust Belt Sludge Punk from the hills of Southern Ohio.
Fort Worth stoner rock trio known for dark, spacious psychedelic jamming they call Doom Jazz.
Suffocating Psychedelic Doom / Sludge Metal from Austin.
Austin power trio blending knotty prog, punk, and bluesy doom rock.
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