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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
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Regression is a death/thrash metal band from the Uusimaa region of southern Finland, formed in 2014. The band channels aggressive death-thrash from the most populous region of Finland.
Death/thrash metal/grindcore band from Poland, active since 2015. Their extreme name accompanies a triple-genre approach to aggressive metal.
Out of Ronkonkoma, Long Island, Reign of Fear have been delivering melodic death metal with aggression and craft since 2016, fusing the melody-forward approach of Scandinavian influence with the harder edges of American death metal. They're part of a resilient Long Island scene that punches well above its geographic expectations.
British thrash metal force rooted in Cheltenham and the Midlands, blending 1980s thrash ferocity with NWOBHM tradition since their 2006 origins. Their debut 'World Detonation' arrived in 2012 to coincide with their first Bloodstock performance, and they have championed charitable causes through headlining tours supporting Teenage Cancer Trust.
Thrash metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, active since 2015. Their approach delivers thrash aggression from the Volga-Oka city.
La Grange, Kentucky's Reign of Revelation have been refining progressive thrash metal since 2011, threading complex song structures and dynamic range through the velocity and aggression of classic thrash. Over a decade-plus of activity, they've become one of the most persistent voices in the state's small but dedicated metal underground.
Technical thrash/death metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2012. Their reincarnation-themed name accompanies technically demanding extreme metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Thrash metal band from Poznań, Poland, active since 2012. Their approach delivers classic thrash from the Greater Poland capital.
Reignsaw is a thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2004. The long-running outfit has been delivering aggressive Scandinavian thrash metal for over two decades from Sweden's capital.
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