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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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Trading in pure metallic intensity, this black metal, death metal, and melodic death metal act from Umeå traffics in guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Since 2022, they've built a catalog that reflects the Gothenburg school's homeland.
Brutal death metal band from Lille in northern France, active since 2011 and delivering over a decade of punishing extremity. Their massacre-themed name captures the violent intensity of their northern French death metal.
Wielding death metal, groove metal, and melodic death metal as their weapon, this Italian outfit from Modena has been refining their craft since 2015. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with single-minded purpose.
Albuquerque's Karmic Ashes pull from both black and death metal traditions, crafting music that reflects the stark, sun-scorched landscape of New Mexico since 2016. Their blackened death metal carries a distinct southwestern desolation that sets them apart.
Exploring the depths of gothic metal and progressive metal, this Swedish outfit from Linköping has been refining their craft since 2008. Their sound hinges on odd-time signatures woven into surprisingly accessible songwriting, delivered with brute-force conviction.
Black/death metal band from Nice on the French Riviera, formed in 2019 and channeling dark aggression from the Mediterranean coast. Their karma-themed name adds a philosophical dimension to their extreme metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Madrid, formed in 2016 and fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's relentless speed. Their karmic revenge theme matches the retributive energy of their aggressive sound.
Thrash metal act from Nuremberg, active since 2013 and delivering high-speed riffing from Bavaria's second city. Their decade-plus commitment to the thrash cause reflects the enduring vitality of the German thrash tradition.
Azov, Russia — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2025, they deal in frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
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