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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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A relentless atmospheric black metal entity from Sweden, active since 2022. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Halucynogen is a death/thrash metal band from Rzeszów, Poland, formed in 2008. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
A relentless doom/death metal entity from Brighton, contributing to the british underground since 2021. Cavernous production and rhythmic complexity define their death metal approach.
Based in Oslo, this sludge metal/hardcore punk project has been a fixture of Norway's underground since 2025. Their work contributes a distinctive voice to their regional underground scene.
Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore act from Lahti in Finland, active since 2020 and delivering savage extremity. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Bred in Nacka's underground, this act delivers brutal power metal since 2020. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Forged in Alessandria's metal community, this atmospheric/depressive black metal act channels fierce aggression since 2017. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Indianapolis death metal outfit Hamarr came together in 2022, delivering straightforward brutality without pretense. Their name echoes the Old Norse word for hammer, and the music swings accordingly.
Belgian post-black metal band from Aarschot, active since 2004, with a catalog including What You Make Of It and Paintings on the Wall. Their long-running project bridges the gap between black metal intensity and post-rock expansiveness.
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