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Featured Album
"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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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Thrash metal/crossover band from Roanne in the Loire valley, formed in 2024 and delivering high-energy, punk-infused thrash. Their kamikaze-crazy name matches the reckless intensity of their crossover approach.
Thrash metal/hardcore band from Lyon, formed in 2018 and fusing thrash's speed with hardcore's confrontational energy. Their straitjacket-referencing French name signals the restrained fury of their sound.
Raw black metal project from Mikkeli in eastern Finland, formed in 2025 and delivering lo-fi, stripped-back compositions. Their Finnish name meaning "chamber" evokes the claustrophobic, enclosed atmosphere of their raw sound.
Black metal project from the Satakunta region of western Finland, formed in 2020 with a Finnish name meaning "terror" or "dread." Their sound channels primal fear through atmospheric black metal.
Shadrinsk's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal unit is among them — wielding dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Grindcore band from Donostia-San Sebastian in the Basque Country, active since 2010 and delivering punishing, blast-beat-driven extremity. Their decade-plus output represents the most abrasive end of the Basque underground.
İzmir, Turkey — death metal and melodic death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2019, they deal in percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Copenhagen heavy metal band active since 2009, delivering riff-driven traditional metal from Denmark's capital for over fifteen years. Their straightforward name matches their direct, no-nonsense approach to heavy music.
Laying down tracks since 2006, this Fredrikstad Black Metal and Pagan Metal outfit delivers ancestral invocations amplified through black metal's sonic template. Their place within the frozen north that birthed an entire genre speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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