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Featured Album
"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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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Stoner doom act from Forlì (Forlì-Cesena), formed in 2025. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Trentino-South Tyrol-based black metal act active since 2007, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Italian lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Tver-based black metal act active since 2006, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Russian lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Kaliningrad-based atmospheric black metal project active since 2020, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
German death 'n' roll band from Stuttgart, formed in 2019. They channel the rock-and-roll swagger of death 'n' roll, combining death metal's heaviness with hard rock grooves.
Subotica-based melodic black metal project active since 2024, tempering raw aggression with sweeping arrangements and harmonized guitar leads. Their approach balances the genre's inherent hostility with moments of dark grandeur.
Spanish black metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2019. They channel dark, atmospheric black metal from Catalonia's vibrant underground.
Goochland, Virginia melodic death and groove metal band active since 2023, drawing from both the melodic Scandinavian tradition and the rhythmic churn of groove metal.
İzmir-based post-metal act active since 2013, building patient, dynamic compositions that arc from whispered ambient passages to walls of crushing distortion. Their sound draws from the tradition of Neurosis and Isis, prioritizing atmosphere and emotional narrative.
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