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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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Umeå-based black/thrash/heavy metal act forging a potent brew of first-wave black metal attitude and classic heavy metal riffing. Their sound channels the raw spirit of Venom and early Bathory through a Swedish lens.
Bewitchment is a one-man death/thrash metal project from Rio Grande da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil, helmed by Rodrigo "Infectz" Costa. The project draws heavily on old-school death metal influences, particularly the early works of Death and Pestilence's "Malleus Maleficarum" era, blending those sounds with thrash aggression. The project released the full-length "Oblivion Shall Reign" (2019) in a limited pressing of 500 copies through multiple Brazilian underground labels including Rapture Records and Extreme Sounds Records.
Finnish thrash metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2016. They deliver dark, aggressive thrash metal from the Finnish capital.
Thrash metal outfit from Vicenza, formed in 2024. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
German melodic thrash metal band from Coburg, formed in 2009. They sharpen thrash metal's aggression with melodic leads and accessible song structures.
Progressive heavy/thrash/groove metal outfit from Vienna, Austria, active since 2014. They navigate a wide sonic palette, blending the technicality of progressive metal with thrash urgency and groove metal heft.
Manchester thrash and melodic death metal band, active since 2016, with a substantial discography including Ascension, Reascension, and A Line in the Sand. They deliver hard-hitting thrash with melodic death metal precision from the heart of northern England's metal scene.
Thrash metal outfit from Reuver, formed in 2010. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Beyond the Grave is a thrash metal band from Itaquaquecetuba, São Paulo, Brazil, with lyrical themes centered on war, death, and religion. The band released the full-length album "Predictions of Disgrace" in 2016 through Kill Again Records, their second studio effort, recorded at No Limits Estúdio in Arujá. They have maintained an active presence in the Brazilian underground thrash scene with additional demo and compilation appearances.
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