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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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Five-piece thrash metal band from San Luis Obispo, California formed in 2016, playing what they describe as "unrelentingly fast, deafeningly loud, ugly music for ugly people." Their debut mini-album was written, recorded, and produced locally, and the band has performed at regional festivals like the Mid-State Metal Fest.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Providence, Connecticut operating in the broader New England underground metal scene. The band draws on classic heavy metal and thrash influences, working within a regional scene that has historically punched above its weight.
Belarusian metal act blending death metal, industrial metal, and thrash metal into a mechanized, aggressive sound. Their genre-crossing approach draws from both extreme and electronic metal traditions.
Death-thrash act from Grândola in the Alentejo, active since 2010. Cryptor Morbious Family channels morbid, family-styled extreme metal from southern Portugal's cork oak country.
Progressive thrash metal band from Enschede in Overijssel, active since 2012. Cryptosis has earned international acclaim for their technically ambitious, forward-thinking thrash metal.
Columbus, Ohio thrash metal outfit Crysis brings aggressive, riff-forward heaviness to the Ohio metal scene. Tight, hard-hitting arrangements and a no-nonsense approach define their sound.
Crystal Lake is a thrash metal band from Leme, São Paulo, Brazil, with roots tracing back to the late 1990s and a current active lineup. The band has released albums including Terror Machine (2007) and Death Row (2018), playing a straightforward traditional thrash metal style. They remain active in the Brazilian underground metal scene.
Worcester, Massachusetts act Crystal Myth blend power metal melody with thrash metal aggression, crafting a high-octane sound that pulls equally from both traditions. Their double-barreled approach brings hook and ferocity together.
Melodic death-thrash metal band from the Melun/Fontainebleau area near Paris, France. They merge melodic death metal with thrash speed from the Ile-de-France.
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