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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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Motherfire is a thrash metal act from the Lombardy town of Briosco, active since 2009. The band delivers incendiary thrash from the Brianza area north of Milan.
Mothra is a thrash metal act from Caserta near Naples, named after the legendary kaiju moth monster since 2011. The band channels B-movie monster energy into aggressive, riff-heavy thrash.
Atlanta's Motivik bring a melodic sensibility to thrash and heavy metal, sharpening their riffs with hooky lead work and dynamic song structures that reflect the melodic thrash tradition. Formed in 2020, the band adds a distinct Southern personality to a style that can feel geographically detached.
Motorcrush play a direct brand of heavy and thrash metal rooted in the classic American acts — Metallica, Megadeth, and Pantera are the most audible touchstones. Their debut demo 'I Control You' introduced the band with six tracks covering themes of war, personal freedom, and societal control.
A Hildesheim-based act that evolved from hardcore punk into thrash metal, Mottek has been active since the 1980s and remains one of northern Germany's enduring underground institutions. The band's crossover journey from punk to thrash mirrors the broader evolution of German extreme music.
Mount Slatra is a thrash metal act from the West Midlands, formed in 2025 with a sound rooted in the aggressive traditions of the genre. The band brings high-velocity thrash to the cradle of heavy metal.
Cincinnati's Mournblade fuse the soaring hooks of power metal with the propulsive aggression of thrash, arriving on the scene in 2023 with an energetic attack that nods to classic US metal traditions.
A Glendale, California thrash outfit active since 2023, this Mournblade brings a West Coast bite to aggressive, riff-forward thrash metal rooted in the Bay Area and Southern California traditions.
Winfield, Illinois thrash act Mourning Reign have been at it since 2001, bringing a Midwest work ethic to aggressive, riff-driven thrash metal that stays faithful to the genre's classic aggressive blueprint.
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