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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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Stoner/doom metal band from Tallinn, active since 2012 and delivering fuzz-laden, psychedelia-tinged heaviness from Estonia's capital. Their cannabis-referencing name fits their laid-back yet crushingly heavy approach.
French black metal project formed in 2025, delivering raw, uncompromising extremity. Their cannibal sect name channels ritualistic darkness through black metal's most primitive traditions.
In existence since 2022, this Riga Black Metal outfit delivers icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Their place within a growing voice in the Baltic extreme metal tradition speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Kanonenfieber is a solo project from Bamberg, Germany, formed in 2020 by an anonymous musician known as Noise, who writes and records all instruments himself before performing live with guest musicians. Drawing lyrical content entirely from the experiences and losses of World War I, the project channels that historical weight into melodic blackened death metal reminiscent of 1914 and Bolt Thrower, with the debut album Menschenmühle recorded in 2020.
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Sludge metal band from Oulu, active since 2014 and delivering heavy, abrasive compositions from Finland's northern reaches. Their decade of output channels the harsh Arctic conditions into sludge's crushing weight.
Power and heavy metal out of Victorville, California, Kantation have been honing their anthemic, high-energy sound in the Inland Empire since 2014. Their style leans into the epic, fist-raising tradition of classic power metal.
Helsinki/Espoo-based black metal project formed in 2022, with a Finnish name meaning "arboretum section" suggesting a nature-focused aesthetic. Their atmospheric black metal draws on Finland's dense forest landscapes.
Progressive metal/hard rock band from Tallinn, active since 2003 and representing over two decades of adventurous, technically accomplished heavy music from Estonia. Their sophisticated approach blends progressive complexity with hard rock's accessible energy.
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