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Featured Album
"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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Poznań thrash/death metal and hardcore act formed in 2021, fusing extreme metal aggression with hardcore's raw directness. Their multi-genre approach channels the confrontational spirit of all three traditions.
Neurotica is a multi-genre metal band from Catanzaro, Calabria, blending experimental, groove, industrial, progressive, and thrash metal since 2014. Their ambitious genre-spanning approach reflects the restless creative energy of southern Italy's underground.
Kraków thrash metal act formed in 2016, delivering aggressive speed from Poland's cultural capital. Their relentless riffing channels the energy that has fueled thrash metal since its inception.
Technical thrash metal outfit Neurotoxin applies precision riffing to a genre that usually favors raw aggression, threading complex structures through the classic thrash framework without losing its fundamental momentum. Formed in 2019, they've positioned themselves at the more cerebral end of the thrash spectrum.
Neurotóxico brought a technically ambitious edge to the Brasília extreme metal scene, blending aggressive thrash foundations with death metal dissonance on their 2015 debut demo Web of Terror. The nine-track demo was produced by Zé Misanthrope at Less Than Zero Studio and featured a twin-guitar attack from Guilherme Lee and Pedro Azoth underpinning the caustic vocals of Gabriel Mosna.
Bydgoszcz thrash metal act launched in 2024, delivering aggressive speed from the Kuyavian-Pomeranian capital. Their high-energy approach channels the relentless spirit of classic thrash.
Athens-based thrash metal and hardcore crossover act formed in 2011, fusing pit-ready aggression with punk attitude. Their high-energy approach bridges the gap between metal's technical precision and hardcore's raw directness.
Nevercold is a thrash/death metal and metalcore band from Thonon-les-Bains in the French Alps, active since 2007. Their sound fuses thrash and death metal aggression with modern metalcore elements.
Neverdie is a thrash metal band from Mostoles in the Madrid metropolitan area, active since 2010. The band lives up to their name with over fifteen years of relentless thrash from the Spanish capital region.
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