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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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Heavy/power metal band from Krosno in southeastern Poland, active since 2018 and delivering the melodic power and driving riffs of the traditional heavy and power metal traditions.
Krushhammer is a black/thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed in 2019. The quartet — Marcel Krusher (vocals), Nekrolucifer (guitar), Alberth Desecrator (bass), and Philippe Hellish (drums) — debuted with the EP Speed Blacking Hell before releasing their first full-length, Blood, Violence & Blasphemy, in November 2022 through Helldprod Records and Iron Pegasus Records.
Thrash metal band from Oulu, formed in 2024 and delivering high-speed crushing aggression from northern Finland. Their name signals the pulverizing, bone-breaking impact of their thrash metal.
Thrash metal band from Patras, active since 2002, making them one of the longer-running thrash acts in the Greek scene. Their two-decade commitment to thrash metal speaks to both persistence and dedication to the genre's aggressive energy.
Black/death metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2023 with a Finnish name meaning "crucified." Their extreme metal merges black and death metal's darkest impulses through a Finnish lens.
Technical thrash metal band from Prague, active since 2013 and delivering intricate, riff-dense compositions with progressive complexity. Their approach layers technical precision over a thrash metal foundation.
Kruyssen is a progressive metal band from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, led by guitarist, vocalist, and producer Israel Tenório alongside Pedro Silva (bass), Edson Estevam (keyboards/backing vocals), and Wesley Silva (drums). The band released their concept album Metanoia in February 2023, a record whose lyrics address life, human values, and personal transformation. The album's single "Mist" received a music video and was made available across all major streaming platforms.
Part of Portugal's intimate but fiercely devoted metal community, this act channels black metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2020, based in Sintra, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
Swedish doom metal and heavy metal act, active since 2025 delivering Sabbathian worship filtered through decades of underground evolution. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, patience is rewarded with crushing, cathartic payoffs.
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