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Featured Album
"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Heavy and thrash metal band from Trier, Germany's oldest city, formed in 2017. They blend the power of traditional heavy metal with the aggressive edge of thrash.
Progressive thrash metal band from Germany, formed in 2023. They merge intricate progressive arrangements with the speed and aggression of thrash.
Death-thrash band from Warsaw, active since 2016. Carrion Breed channels aggressive extreme metal from the Polish capital.
Denver brutal death and grindcore band delivering unrelenting extremity at high altitude, blending the guttural density of brutal death metal with grindcore's short, savage bursts of violence and noise.
Tallahassee death-thrash act forged in Florida's fertile extreme metal soil, combining the Sunshine State's legacy of swampy, technical death metal with thrash's aggressive picking and riff-first songwriting.
Santa Fe groove/thrash outfit blending down-tuned, neck-snapping riffs with the aggressive forward momentum of classic thrash, forged since 2013.
Houston outfit threading progressive and thrash sensibilities through death metal since 2012, known for technically ambitious arrangements and sharp, aggressive riffing.
Houston death/thrash outfit channeling high-octane aggression through tight, riff-forward songwriting built on the crossover territory between both genres.
Death-thrash band from Kalmar on the southeastern coast, active since 2010. Carry the Torch delivers aggressive extreme metal from the historic Baltic port city.
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