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Featured Album
"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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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Long Beach's Night Stalker hunt down their prey with lean, stripped-back thrash that draws on the Southern California scene's tradition of speed and attitude. Fast, loud, and absolutely uninterested in subtlety.
Kozani-based act that evolved from straightforward thrash metal into a more technical death/thrash hybrid, reflecting an ambition that outgrew their initial boundaries. Their progression from raw speed to intricate brutality mirrors a band constantly pushing their own musical limits.
Nightborn is a thrash metal band from Sweden, active since 2017. The band delivers aggressive Scandinavian thrash metal with relentless energy.
Athens thrash metal outfit formed in 2012, delivering classic-style aggression and speed from the heart of the Greek metal scene. Their relentless riffing channels the energy that has fueled thrash metal since its inception.
Kutno thrash/heavy/death metal act with roots stretching back to 1990, making them one of central Poland's earliest extreme metal bands. Their three-plus decades of activity across multiple genres speak to remarkable staying power.
Nightporter is a power/thrash metal band from Bremen, active since 2017. The band fuses power metal melody with thrash metal velocity from the Hanseatic city-state in northwestern Germany.
Florence speed/thrash metal outfit formed in 2015, delivering breakneck velocity and aggressive riffing from Tuscany's capital. Their electrifying approach channels the raw energy of classic speed metal.
Nightvision is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Lincoln, UK, formed in 2017, incorporating thrash and groove influences into their sound. Their eclectic approach blends classic British metal traditions with modern metal heaviness.
Nightwolf is a death/black/thrash metal band from Altenberg near Dresden in Saxony, active since 2020. The band fuses three strains of extreme metal from the Ore Mountains.
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