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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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One of the Boston area's earliest heavy metal bands, B.F. Raid formed in Malden around 1980 and built a reputation on the Boston club circuit by fusing traditional metal with punk urgency, progressive textures, and psychedelic groove.
Komsomolsk-on-Amur-based thrash metal act active since 2008, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Russian filter.
German death metal band from Neumünster, formed in 2014. They deliver aggressive, uncompromising death metal from the northern German underground.
Death metal outfit from Split, formed in 2022. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Lynchburg, Virginia black metal project B.L.C. has been building a cult presence since 2013, operating as a solo or small-unit entity in the raw, underexposed tradition of the American black metal underground.
Athens-based thrash metal/metalcore act active since 2015, bridging old-school thrash's riff-driven attack with metalcore's modern dynamics and breakdown-heavy structures. Their sound draws from both traditions with aggressive conviction.
Castelfiorentino (Florence)-based death/thrash metal act active since 2017, fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's riff-driven velocity and rhythmic precision. Their high-energy approach delivers the heaviness of death metal married to thrash's urgent momentum.
German heavy metal band from Berlin, formed in 2022, whose sound has evolved from traditional heavy metal toward a more melodic hard rock direction. Their stylistic journey reflects a band finding its identity between power and melody.
Phoenix thrash outfit B.O.S. is a newly formed entry into Arizona's metal scene, emerging in 2025 with the stripped-down aggression that defines the thrash underground's continuing grassroots revival.
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