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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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Stormfront is a black/thrash metal band from Corona, California, formed in 2017, combining the stripped-down ferocity of black metal with thrash metal's aggressive forward drive.
Stormheat blast through heavy, thrash, and speed metal from Minsk, with tracks like "Digital Riot" and "Trojan Horse" combining relentless velocity with punchy, modern production. Their 2023-era output channels old-school aggression through a contemporary lens.
Como's Stormlash thrash from the Lombard lakeside since 2013. Their weather-violence name captures the sudden, whipping force of their compositions, delivered with the lake region's dramatic natural energy.
Stormtrooper is a thrash/power metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2022, combining power metal's melodic scale with the raw, aggressive energy of thrash.
Stormwrath deliver thrash metal from Valencia, channeling wrathful storms through aggressive compositions from the Mediterranean coast. Active since 2009, they bring tempestuous intensity to the Valencian thrash scene.
Phoenix, Arizona thrash and heavy metal act with roots going back to 1987, combining classic thrash aggression with traditional heavy metal hooks in the tradition of the American metal underground.
Stranger Danger play thrash metal from Prague with a name that channels the genre's tradition of provocative, tongue-in-cheek monikers. Their sound delivers the high-velocity riffing and aggressive energy that defines classic thrash.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania thrash metal band formed in 2022, delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash in the tradition of Bay Area and East Coast thrash with a modern underground energy.
Strangled deliver thrash and death metal from Hamburg, combining the velocity of thrash with death metal's crushing weight. Formed in 2019, they bring choking intensity to the Hanseatic extreme metal scene.
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