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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
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Since 2012, this Greek thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Athens. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Moscow-based thrash metal act active since 2012, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Russian filter.
Death/thrash outfit from Vila Nova de Gaia, formed in 2010. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Ferocious Speed / Thrash Metal out of Texas.
Since 2025, this Portuguese thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Arruda dos Vinhos. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Rome-based thrash metal act active since 2013, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Italian filter.
Jeff Tandy of black metal act Averse Sefira channeling D.R.I. and S.O.D. with two ex-Death of Millions members. On hold since 2017.
Since 2012, this Russian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Smolensk. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
German black/thrash metal band from Leipzig, active since 2010. They wield a savage blend of black metal's raw fury and thrash metal's headbanging speed.
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