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Featured Album
Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
06/11 @ Rebellion Manchester, Manchester
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Wilkes-Barre thrash metal band delivering tight, aggressive riffwork in the tradition of classic East Coast speed and aggression. Their sound is lean and relentless, owing little to modern polish.
Heavy metal band from Crema in Cremona province, Lombardy, active since 2011. Cruel Device delivers straightforward, riff-driven traditional metal.
Death metal band from Limburg, Germany, formed in 2018. They channel death metal aggression from the Lahn Valley of Hesse.
Death-thrash metal band from Rottweil in the Black Forest, Germany, formed in 2014. They merge death metal brutality with thrash metal speed from the Swabian highlands.
Thrash metal band from Aveiro, central Portugal, formed in 2019. Cruel Hate delivers aggressive thrash from the Atlantic coast.
Experimental symphonic black metal band from Derby, England, active since 2013. They blend black metal with symphonic and experimental elements from the East Midlands.
Black metal project from Calabria, southern Italy, formed in 2019. Cruel Life Inside channels bleak, raw black metal from one of Italy's most remote regions.
Rhode Island black metal project conjuring grim, ritualistic darkness from New England's bleakest corners. Menacing and uncompromising, they favor atmosphere over accessibility.
Doom and folk metal band from London, formed in 2023. They blend the crushing weight of doom with folk instrumentation and traditions.
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