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Featured Album
"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
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Architect of Pain merges thrash and heavy metal that has evolved toward death metal from Novi Sad since 2019. Their construction-of-suffering name drives compositions that build increasingly brutal structures.
Dayton crossover crew fusing hardcore punk urgency with thrash metal velocity, carrying on Ohio's proud tradition of no-frills aggressive music.
Chicago thrash band whose ripping speed and tight arrangements reflect the Windy City's deep lineage of extreme metal, attacking with precision and fury.
Milwaukee thrash metal act whose 2017 EP Keep Them Dead delivers blunt, uncompromising thrash from Beer City. The name promises post-apocalyptic reconstruction; the music delivers pre-apocalyptic destruction.
ArchiTorture delivers thrash metal from Vantaa since 2018, their architectural wordplay hinting at carefully constructed compositions designed to inflict maximum sonic damage. Their sound brings structural precision to the chaos of thrash.
Archvile King channels melodic black metal with thrash elements from Nantes since 2020, their video-game-inspired name referencing the fearsome Doom enemy. Their genre-blending approach creates a distinctly modern take on the French black metal tradition.
Arcillah thrashes from Stockholm since 2011. Over a decade of riff-driven thrash from the Swedish capital has established their place in Stockholm's metal underground.
ArcLite combines power and thrash metal from Toulouse since 2017, creating a voltage-charged fusion of melody and aggression. Their electrical name suits a sound that crackles with the energy of two of metal's most dynamic subgenres.
Boston thrash act delivering frostbitten speed metal with the no-nonsense intensity that defines New England's underground, combining biting riffs with punk-fueled aggression.
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