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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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Death-thrash band from Warsaw, formed in 2020. Cryptic Rites delivers aggressive extreme metal from the Polish capital.
Death-thrash metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2015. Cryptic Shift have earned acclaim for their ambitious, technical approach to extreme metal from Yorkshire.
Crossover thrash pioneers from Santa Monica, California formed in 1984 and regularly cited alongside D.R.I., Suicidal Tendencies, and S.O.D. as architects of the genre's speed-driven hardcore/metal fusion. Their debut Convicted (1986) sold 25,000 copies in its first year and established their reputation as one of the fastest bands in hardcore.
Michigan death/thrash metal side project that emerged from members of Violent Night, recording a single before disbanding as the parent band absorbed the group's attention. The project remained brief and obscure within the Michigan extreme metal underground.
Thrash metal band from Trenton, New Jersey active in the mid-to-late 1980s, playing semi-technical thrash that edged toward death metal in the vein of Possessed and Nocturnus. Their debut album, released in 1993, documented a tight underground act that folded after a few years of activity.
Progressive sludge and post-metal instrumental band from Upper Nazareth, Pennsylvania, building atmospheric and heavy soundscapes that reward patient listening. The band operates at the heavier end of post-metal, favoring texture and dynamics over conventional song structures.
Death metal band from Tampa, Florida drawing on the fertile legacy of Florida's world-famous death metal scene. The band remains independent, part of a long tradition of extreme metal acts emerging from the Tampa Bay area.
Thrash metal band from East Lansing, Michigan built around a campy undead monster mythology and a love for old-school speed and aggression, releasing their debut Rise of The Cryptobeast in 2023. The band channels classic thrash with a self-aware horror aesthetic aimed squarely at metal purists tired of trend-chasing.
Groove-thrash metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2016. They combine heavy grooves with thrash aggression from the Pink City.
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