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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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German thrash metal band from Henstedt-Ulzburg near Hamburg, formed in 2015. They deliver fast, punishing thrash metal from the Hamburg metropolitan area.
Since 2009, this Slovenian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Izola/Koper. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Black/thrash metal act from Bydgoszcz, formed in 2013. Their compositions hurtle forward at breakneck tempos, driven by the marriage of thrash's precision riffing and black metal's hostile atmosphere.
Death/thrash outfit from Utrecht Province, bridging two pillars of extreme metal. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Thrash/death metal band from Romanshorn, Switzerland, active since 2010. They deliver aggressive, high-velocity extreme metal from the shores of Lake Constance.
Florence-based thrash metal act active since 2018, 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.
Cagliari-based crossover thrash act active since 2014, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
Luxembourgish speed/thrash metal outfit active since 2026, channeling the breakneck velocity of early speed metal through a modern thrash lens. Their riff-first approach delivers the kind of neck-wrecking momentum that defined the genre's golden age.
Thrash metal outfit from Piacenza, formed in 2014. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
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