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Featured Album
Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Prague thrash metal outfit formed in 2017, carrying forward the Czech Republic's storied thrash metal tradition with aggressive, no-nonsense riffing. Their sound draws from the classic European thrash playbook with a distinctly Czech edge.
Active in Pavullo nel Frignano (Modena) since 2015, this Italian act forges Death Metal and Thrash Metal built on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end. Each release doubles down on cavernous production and churning tremolo work.
Crafting their sound since 2023, this Massafra Heavy Metal and Thrash Metal outfit delivers crossover-tinged fury with punk's directness and metal's complexity. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels black metal and thrash metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2022, based in Gävle, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
Thrash metal band from Biscay in the Basque Country, formed in 2018 and delivering high-speed aggression from Spain's industrial heartland. Their abbreviated name keeps things as direct as their thrash metal assault.
Thrash/death metal band from Granada in Andalusia, active since 2014 and named after the Mongolian emperor. Their aggressive sound channels the conquering fury evoked by their imperial namesake.
Industrial thrash metal band from Donostia-San Sebastian in the Basque Country, active since 2004 and fusing industrial electronics with thrash aggression for over two decades. Their mechanical, machine-like approach bridges extreme metal with industrial music's cold precision.
Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels metalcore and thrash metal with a focus on breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Formed in 2009, based in Hengelo, every track is a masterclass in controlled chaos and kinetic energy.
The Serbian city of Belgrade serves as headquarters for this heavy metal, speed metal, and thrash metal operation, whose arsenal includes raw, unbridled velocity channeling early 80s metal fire. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
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