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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Los Angeles brutal death metal band formed in 1994, active in the California death metal underground through the mid-1990s before splitting up.
Brutal death metal band from Rockland, Massachusetts, active from 1999 as part of the early 2000s New England extreme metal scene before disbanding.
US death/black metal band formed in 2019, taking their name from the iconic super-heavy battle tank of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Emerging in 2025 from Haugesund, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Eugene, Oregon black metal and hardcore crossover band active from 2007 until their split-up, blending raw black metal atmosphere with hardcore aggression.
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Milan-based southern metal act active since 2012, injecting blues-influenced swagger and whiskey-soaked groove into their heavy, riff-driven sound. Their music channels the spirit of American Southern rock and metal through a Italian perspective.
Bang Your Broken Brain is a crossover/thrash metal band from Toluca, State of Mexico, formed in 2018. Operating under a DIY and anarchist ethos, the band channels politically and socially conscious themes through their hybrid crossover sound. They released their debut EP, Más fuerte que nunca, in 2023.
Groove/doom metal band from Tamworth in Staffordshire, formed in 2010. They bring crushing, slow-tempo heaviness paired with groove-driven rhythmic punch to the UK doom scene.
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