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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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Formed in Dayton, Ohio in 2013, Karnage fuse power metal's soaring melodicism with the aggressive crunch of thrash, delivering anthemic riffs alongside plenty of speed and bite.
New York's Karnage have been unleashing no-frills thrash since 2013, built on grinding riffs and relentless forward momentum with no stylistic detours to slow them down.
Melodic thrash/death metal band from Funchal, Madeira, active since 2009 and named after the ancient Egyptian temple complex. Their island location in the Atlantic gives them a unique position within Portuguese extreme metal.
Thrash/death metal band from Pau in southwestern France, active since 2008 and delivering nearly two decades of aggressive compositions from the Pyrenean foothills. Their flesh-themed name captures the visceral nature of their sound.
Straddling the line between death metal and thrash metal, this Italian actfrom Novara fuses technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2017, and their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Gothenburg-based death metal act, active since 2018 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Doom/sludge metal band from South Shields in northeast England, formed in 2020 and delivering crushing, low-tempo heaviness drawn from both doom and sludge traditions. Their sound emphasizes punishing weight and slow-burning intensity.
Black metal band from Nancy in Lorraine, active since 2014 and delivering a decade of cold, atmospheric compositions from northeastern France. Their French name meaning "flesh" adds corporeal intensity to their black metal.
Porto San Giorgio (Fermo), Italy — death metal and grindcore of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2024, they deal in punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
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