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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal and thrash metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2021, based in Reggio Emilia, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Black/thrash/death metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2017 and merging three extreme metal subgenres into a blistering assault. Their crossfire name captures the multi-directional aggression of their genre-fusing approach.
Krossover is a thrash and groove metal band formed in August 2013 in Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina. The band contributed the track "Inhumano" to the regional compilation "Paraná Bandas Oficial EP 7" in August 2016, building a following in the northeastern Argentine metal underground. They maintain an active presence on SoundCloud and Bandcamp as an independent act.
Groove/death metal band from Slupsk on the Baltic coast, active since 2017 and merging groove metal's rhythmic crunch with death metal's guttural intensity. Their sound bridges both genres with aggressive precision.
When Krovelëd emerged in 2012 from Volgograd, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Krow is a thrash/death metal band from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The band released the debut full-length "Before the Ashes" in 2009 and followed it with "Traces of the Trade" in 2012, the latter produced by American engineer Alan Douches and notable for its thematic focus on Brazilian slavery. The album draws on late-1980s and early-1990s death metal roots with a thrash punch.
Catania-based black metal act, active since 2017 delivering venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Instrumental stoner rock and metal band from Graz with a prolific catalog stretching back to 2014, blending psychedelic rock, sludge, and stoner metal into purely instrumental compositions. Their 2023 album Blei on Kerberos Records showcases their compact, riff-driven approach without any vocals.
Groove/thrash metal and crossover hardcore outfit from La Roche-sur-Yon in western France, active since 2015. They merge the pit-ready energy of hardcore punk with the crushing weight of groove and thrash metal.
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