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"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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Spanish stoner metal/rock act from Vigo, newly formed in 2025 and delivering riff-driven heaviness from the Galician coast. Their name, a portmanteau of 'Lucifer' and 'luciernaga' (firefly), signals a playful edge to their stoner approach.
Polish thrash metal band from Bialystok, delivering relentless thrash aggression since 2012. Their approach channels the genre's essential speed and fury from northeastern Poland.
Catalan raw black metal and noise project, formed in 2022 and blending lo-fi black metal with harsh noise elements. Their sound pushes raw black metal into abrasive, experimental territory.
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Luctus' Hydra is a depressive black metal band from Santiago, Chile, founded in 2002 by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Draco. The band has released five studio albums, from their debut Screams and Laments from the Deepest of the Soul (2009) through Crónicas de una Eterna Agonía (2020), charting a course from harsh black metal to more melancholic and introspective territory.
Swedish band from Kristinehamn that evolved from progressive/power metal origins in 2015 into heavy metal territory. Their genre evolution traces a path from complex prog-power to more direct, riff-focused heavy metal.
Finnish industrial/death metal band from Helsinki, merging mechanical rhythms with death metal brutality since 2014. Their sound fuses industrial metal's cold precision with the organic aggression of death metal.
Serbian symphonic black metal band from Bor, formed in 2024 and layering orchestral grandeur over blackened aggression. Their Latin name, meaning 'shadow play,' captures the theatrical, dramatic character of their symphonic approach.
Finnish black metal band from Espoo, active since 2017 and channeling raw Nordic hostility. Their German-language name, meaning 'air hammer,' signals the percussive, pounding intensity of their approach.
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