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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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Black, death, and thrash metal band from Portugal, formed in 2026, whose Portuguese name means 'bestial purgatory.' They represent the absolute newest wave of Portuguese extreme metal.
Melodic death, thrash metal, and metalcore band from Tiverton, England, formed in 2013, blending multiple aggressive styles into a cohesive attack from rural Devon. They bring versatile metallic fury to the West Country.
Stoner and thrash metal turned psychedelic stoner metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2013, evolving into increasingly psychedelic territory. Their Hendrix-referencing name signals the trippy, mind-expanding nature of their heavy music.
Houston thrash metal band formed in 2005, operating in the city's historically fertile extreme metal underground with the straightforward speed and aggression that defines the Texas approach to the genre.
Meriden, Connecticut thrash metal band from 2005, part of the scrappy New England underground metal scene that has quietly produced some of the region's most uncompromising aggressive acts.
Death and thrash metal band from Vanersborg, Sweden, formed in 2023, delivering put-down-caliber death-thrash from the Vastra Gotaland region. They bring fresh aggression to the Swedish metal scene.
Thrash metal band from Busto Arsizio, Italy, formed in 2014, delivering high-voltage thrash metal from the Varese province. Their abbreviated name matches the direct, no-frills energy of their thrash.
Melodic thrash metal band from North Brabant, Netherlands, formed in 2016, named after the mythological sculptor who fell in love with his own creation. They craft melodic thrash metal with artistic precision.
Thrash metal and noise band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2022, merging the speed of thrash with experimental noise elements. Their unconventional approach adds chaotic texture to their thrash foundation.
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