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"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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Akron, Ohio instrumental post-rock and post-metal band If These Trees Could Talk formed in 2005, built around the Kelly brothers and a three-guitar lineup that emphasizes layered melodic density and dynamic range. Their discography spans three full-length albums — Above the Earth, Below the Sky (2009), Red Forest (2012), and The Bones of a Dying World (2016), the last released through Metal Blade Records — with all prior releases subsequently reissued by that label. The band's heavier post-metal leanings distinguish them within a genre often dominated by more delicate approaches.
If You See Kaye is a stoner/sludge metal band from Martfű, Hungary, active since 2017 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
IFA is a Belgian thrash metal band formed in 2014, delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with a raw edge rooted in the classic European speed metal tradition. The band channels high-velocity intensity with a no-frills approach to extreme metal.
Born from the grey skies of Seattle in 2024, IFeelSick channels the rawness of depressive black metal into unfiltered expressions of anguish — lo-fi and visceral, with no interest in comfort.
Black metal band from Rouen in Normandy, formed in 2019. Their name — evoking the French word for hell — channels black metal from the historic Norman capital.
Named for the river separating the realm of men from giants in Norse cosmology, Grand Rapids' Ifing weaves black metal ferocity with folk-rooted melodies, conjuring the mythic cold of the Upper Midwest.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland formed in 2019. Their Irish Gaelic name — meaning 'hell' — channels aggressive metal from the Scottish capital.
Black metal band from Scotland, active since 2016. Their Scottish Gaelic name channels raw black metal from the Scottish Highlands.
Black metal band from Sheffield, formed in 2024. Their Islamic mythology name — referencing a fire spirit — channels black metal from the Steel City.
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