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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 Güstrow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, formed in 2016. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash metal from the northeastern German underground.
German thrash metal band from Brunswick, formed in 2021. They channel raw thrash metal energy from Lower Saxony's historic lion city.
Thrash metal band from Mol, Belgium, active from 2007 to 2017, with their 2013 album "Face the Evil" earning strong praise. Their eight-track record blends energetic thrash with stoner metal undertones and lyrics tackling psychological and social themes.
Since 2023, this Italian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Trieste. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Five-piece thrash/groove metal band from Cardiff, formed in 2021, citing Lamb of God, Gojira, and The Haunted among their influences. Their Nimis EP was praised as a vicious, destructive statement forged in adversity and triumph.
Vicious Thrash Metal / Crossover out of Texas.
Savona-based thrash metal act active since 2014, 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.
Spanish thrash/groove metal band from Palma on Mallorca, active since 1987. With nearly four decades of history, they are one of Spain's longest-running metal bands and a Balearic Islands institution.
Since 2014, this Italian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Milan. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
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