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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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Fayetteville, Arkansas's Hand of the Wicked combine melodic black and death metal with the kind of conviction that only comes from building something serious in a place where the scene doesn't hand anything to you. Formed in 2023.
New Jersey's Hand of Weed keep the doom and stoner metal flame lit with fuzzed-out riffs and a smoky, slow-motion heaviness that earns every minute of its runtime. Active since 2015.
Remington, Virginia's Hand over Fist have been delivering groove and thrash metal from rural Virginia since 2017 — muscular, riff-forward music built for live stages and the kind of crowd that shows up ready to move.
Progressive/Power/Thrash Metal force from Udine, thunderous and relentless since 1993. Their thrash assault combines speed, aggression, and precision in equal measure.
From Lucca/Livorno in Italy, this black metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2014. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Handgun Sex Bucket is a doom metal/hardcore act from Maastricht, Netherlands, active since 2025 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Death metal band from Molins de Rei, Spain, formed in 2021. Their uncompromising approach delivers crushing death metal from the Barcelona metropolitan area.
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Hands as Wings is a epic folk metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2018. They weave folk traditions into heavy metal compositions.
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