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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 metal and metalcore hybrid from Hamburg and Kiel, active since 2009 and blending old-school aggression with modern dynamics. Their dual-city roots reflect the interconnected northern German metal underground.
Kilthrash is a thrash metal band from Cerro Navia, Santiago, formed in 2016 and active on the Chilean underground circuit. Their discography spans five releases including Demolición (2016), Street on Hell (2018), Kiltro (2021), Anikilador (2023), and Enjambre Asesino (2025), all recorded and produced independently at Kilhouse Estudio in Santiago.
Kimera is a thrash metal band from Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2008, featuring vocalist Francisco Diaz, guitarists Maty Diaz and Danny Almeida, bassist Fernando Díaz, and drummer Gonzalo Rillo. The band released their debut full-length En Tiempos Violentos in 2017, followed by the two-track EP Esclavos Hoy y Ayer in August 2019.
Kirov-based groove metal and thrash metal act, active since 2021 delivering Bay Area velocity married to Teutonic heaviness. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, circle-pit fuel delivered with workmanlike consistency.
A product of Poland's titan-grade death metal scene, this Kraków-based death metal, industrial metal, and thrash metal act channels factory-floor percussion married to distorted guitar punishment. Active since 2019, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, formed in 2023 and merging thrash's velocity with the punk-inflected energy of crossover. Their sound delivers high-speed riffing with hardcore's directness.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Salo in southwestern Finland, formed in 2020 and blending Scandinavian melodeath with thrash velocity. Their anime-referencing name adds a modern pop-cultural dimension to their aggressive sound.
Gävle, Sweden — heavy metal and thrash metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2012, they deal in whiplash-inducing tempo shifts and gang vocal outbursts. Pure adrenaline translated into riff form.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Brighton, active since 2014 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven metal that merges traditional heavy metal's melodic power with thrash's speed and ferocity. Their sound carries the weight of classic UK metal with modern intensity.
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