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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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Spanish thrash metal and hardcore band from Cantabria, formed in 2019. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with hardcore's confrontational spirit from northern Spain's coastal region.
Spanish heavy/groove metal and hard rock band from Madrid, formed in 2022. They deliver heavy grooves with hard rock energy from the Spanish capital.
Czech thrash metal trio from Prague, active since 2002 and self-described as being named after a favored closure on a camping gas cylinder. Their discography includes releases like Kult Kurev and Sirota, delivering raw, uncompromising thrash in the vein of Sodom.
Spanish progressive/power metal band from Madrid, active since 2009. They blend progressive metal's complexity with power metal's anthemic melodies.
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Power/thrash metal band from Belfast, active since 2012. Their releases including This Means War, Death of a Hero, and the Worldwide Genocide EP deliver hard-hitting Irish thrash with power metal ambition.
Kraków-based folk-infused heavy metal act active since 2014, weaving traditional melodies into their heavy metal framework. Their compositions bridge cultural heritage with the power of amplified instrumentation.
Swedish crossover thrash act active since 2020, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
Lisbon-based crossover thrash act active since 2015, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
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