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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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German heavy/speed metal band from Böblingen, formed in 2021. They draw on the classic German speed metal tradition, pairing fast riffing with the melodic sensibility of traditional heavy metal.
New Brunswick, New Jersey sludge and doom metal band active since 1993, building a deep catalog that includes Future Slum, Whiskey and Arm Wrestling, and a live set recorded at Roadburn 2017.
Backyard Babies are a sleaze rock and hard rock band from Nässjö, Sweden, formed in 1987 and widely credited with popularizing sleaze rock across Scandinavia. Their discography spans eight studio albums and two Swedish Grammy Awards, with Total 13 (1998) and Stockholm Syndrome (2003) regarded as landmark records in the genre. The band's roster has included guitarist Dregen, who concurrently played in The Hellacopters, and their 2008 self-titled album reached number one on the Swedish albums chart.
Santa Clarita, California death metal and grindcore band that has been grinding since 2014, adding to the San Fernando Valley's underground extreme metal presence.
New Jersey death metal outfit featuring former members of brutal death metal band Digested Flesh, releasing their debut Gateway to Pestilence in November 2013.
German death/thrash metal band from Erfurt and Jena, formed in 2019. They combine the technicality and aggression of death and thrash metal with a tongue-in-cheek sensibility evident in their name.
Thrash metal band from Covington, Georgia with tracks including King KroK and Black Infusion, delivering no-frills thrash to the Southern underground.
Bacteremia is a Brutal Death Metal band from Medellín, Colombia, formed in 2006 and signed to Permeated Records. They released their debut full-length "Cerebral Wrong Settings" in 2013, followed by "Furiously Reduced" in 2017, a nine-track album exploring themes of mankind, death, and pathology.
Bacteremia is a Brutal Death Metal band from Medellín, Colombia, formed in 2006 and signed to Permeated Records. They released their debut full-length "Cerebral Wrong Settings" in 2013, followed by "Furiously Reduced" in 2017, a nine-track album exploring themes of mankind, death, and pathology.
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