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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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Adrenaline pumps thrash metal from the Oulu and Kuusamo area since 2012, channeling the rush their name implies from northern Finland's extreme metal scene. Their high-energy approach brings velocity and intensity to the subarctic metal community.
Adrenicide has been delivering crossover thrash from Slough since 2006, channeling the Berkshire town's working-class intensity into nearly two decades of punk-metal fury. Their adrenaline-homicide portmanteau captures the lethal velocity of their sound.
Adrenocromo thrashes from Lucca, the walled Tuscan city, since 2018. Named after the compound at the center of countless conspiracy theories, they bring paranoid intensity and breakneck speed to the region's metal scene.
Adversary is a death metal band from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their 2009 full-length "A Bright Cut Across Velvet Sky" is a fifteen-track deep cut of underground death metal from the desert Southwest.
Adversery merges death and thrash metal from Gothenburg since 2015. Their combative name drives a decade of dual-genre aggression from the Swedish city synonymous with melodic death metal.
Adversor thrashes from the Veneto cities of Vicenza and Verona since 2016, channeling the competitive energy between these two historic neighbors into riff-driven aggression. Their combative name captures the confrontational spirit of their dual-city thrash metal.
Advocate is a power and thrash metal band from Corpus Christi, Texas. Their 2016 full-length "Perfect Master" delivers eight tracks of anthemic power/thrash from the Gulf Coast.
Aecron operates at the volatile crossroads of black, death, and thrash metal from the lakeside municipality of Asikkala since 2014. Their triple-genre assault draws from the full spectrum of extreme metal's most aggressive subgenres.
Aeon Bridge is a speed and thrash metal solo project from Cleveland, Ohio. Remarkably prolific with nine releases since 2021, the project channels classic speed metal energy through a modern lens, with the "Event Horizon" EP series and full-lengths like "Beyond Flesh" showcasing rapid-fire riffing and ambitious sci-fi thematics.
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