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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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Scumslaught deliver thrash metal from the Breton capital of Rennes, channeling aggressive velocity from western France. Formed in 2020, they bring scum-slaughtering intensity to the Brittany thrash scene.
Nevada's Scyteca emerged in 2020 with a technical thrash approach that pushes the genre's intricate fretwork and precision-locked rhythms well past meat-and-potatoes territory. Founded in the pandemic era, the band channels the cerebral intensity of technical thrash in a scene not widely known for the subgenre, making them a notable outlier from the Silver State. Their compositions prioritize surgical tightness and technical ambition over pure speed alone.
Venice's Scyther pair heavy and thrash metal from the floating city since 2024. Their blade-themed name cuts through the romantic associations of their home with aggressive, no-frills metal.
Scythes deliver death and thrash metal from the Picardy town of Compiegne, combining the harvesting imagery of their name with aggressive extremity. Active since 2011, they bring reaping intensity to the Oise Valley scene.
Scythrow evolved from thrash/heavy metal into death metal from Lappeenranta, deepening their extremity over time. Formed in 2021, they bring scything intensity to the southeastern Finnish scene.
Se, josta ei puhuta (Finnish for "That Which Is Not Spoken Of") deliver melodic death and thrash metal from the eastern Finnish town of Iisalmi, channeling forbidden topics through extreme metal. Formed in 2021, their taboo-themed name adds depth to their Savo-region aggression.
Lake Station, Indiana's Sea of Tranquillity have been refining a death/thrash hybrid since 1999, fusing the speed and precision of thrash metal with the gut-punch brutality of death metal in a way that honors both traditions. Nearly 25 years of continuous operation speaks to a genuine dedication to the craft, rare in the regional underground. Their longevity places them among the quietly enduring pillars of Midwest extreme metal.
Search for Light pair death and thrash metal from an undisclosed Italian location since 2015. Their paradoxically hopeful name stands in contrast to the aggressive darkness of their extreme metal output.
Los Angeles's Sebek — named for the ancient Egyptian crocodile deity — forge a blackened thrash attack that's as feral and aggressive as their namesake. Active since 2015, the band channels the raw, speed-obsessed chaos of early black/thrash into something that feels genuinely dangerous rather than merely nostalgic. Their LA origins ground them in a city with deep extreme metal roots, and they honor that lineage without sounding derivative.
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