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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/doom/thrash metal act from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2005 with an extensive catalog spanning conceptual releases marked by bracketed letter titles. Their prolific output includes split releases, EPs, and full-length albums exploring dark religious and existential themes across multiple extreme metal subgenres.
Laying down tracks since 2016, this Moscow Thrash Metal outfit delivers crossover-tinged fury with punk's directness and metal's complexity. Their place within Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Thrash/black/death metal band originally from Norway, active since the mid-2000s. Their sound fuses three extreme metal pillars into a chaotic, boundary-crossing hybrid.
Speed metal and thrash band from Helsinki, Finland with roots going back to 1995. They are among the elder statesmen of Finnish speed/thrash metal.
Thrash metal band split between Sweden and the United States, active since 2015. Their transatlantic presence channels thrash metal aggression from both sides of the ocean.
When Execracion emerged in 2021 from Milan, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and thrash metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Black thrash and metal punk band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2014, featuring Paco on guitars, Javi on vocals, Magu on bass, and Letxon on drums. Their 2014 demo was released on a limited 200-copy cassette through Raw War Tapes, recorded at Sonic Riot Studio.
Santa Ana, California's Execute are a brand-new death metal outfit formed in 2024, emerging from the deep pool of extreme metal talent in the Orange County and greater Los Angeles area. Their 714-branded Bandcamp handle signals local pride and scene loyalty, placing them squarely in the dense Southern California underground.
Executer is a thrash metal band from Amparo, São Paulo, originally formed in the mid-1980s and one of the enduring names in the Brazilian thrash scene. The band released their debut album "Rotten Authorities" in 1990 — drawing comparisons to Dark Angel and Whiplash — before disbanding and reforming in 2000, subsequently releasing "Psychotic Mind" (2002), "Welcome to Your Hell" (2006), and "Helliday" (2014).
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