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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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Pushing the boundaries of progressive metal and thrash metal, this Italian outfit from Naples has been refining their craft since 2012. Their sound hinges on odd-time signatures woven into surprisingly accessible songwriting, delivered with stubborn authenticity.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels thrash metal with a focus on breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Formed in 2014, based in Turin, every track is a masterclass in controlled chaos and kinetic energy.
Thrash metal band from Turku, Finland that emerged in 2025. They bring fierce thrash energy to southwestern Finland's metal community.
Fabriano (Ancona)'s metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal and thrash metal unit is among them — wielding HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Proof that the underground never sleeps, this death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash metal act from Stockholm traffics in labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Since 2019, they've built a catalog that reflects the Gothenburg school's homeland.
Melodic thrash metal band from Dornbirn in Austria's Vorarlberg region, bringing fast, technically precise thrash with melodic sensibility since 2018. Their Bandcamp releases under the ROAR moniker showcase high-energy thrash with a keen ear for memorable hooks.
La Porte, Indiana's Enemy of Creation blends thrash metal's relentless momentum with metalcore's punishing breakdowns, building a sound that hits like a freight train. Since forming in 2018, they've sharpened a crossover attack that owes equal debt to both worlds.
Long Island's Enemy of the State tears through crossover thrash, death, and thrash metal with the kind of suburban fury that only comes from growing up next to New York City. Since 2016, the Riverhead crew has built a ferocious sound that refuses to sit still within any single subgenre.
Melodic death/thrash metal act from Duisburg in Germany's Ruhr Valley, formed in 2022, combining harmonic guitar work with thrash velocity. Their name evokes internal conflict, driving compositions that pit melody against aggression.
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