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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
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Cumberland, Maryland's Last Rites drag thrash metal through the gutter with hardcore's stripped-down aggression, a rough and confrontational hybrid born in 2002.
Heavy metal at its most workmanlike and mean — this Last Rites welds groove's midrange punch to thrash's forward momentum, producing a no-frills assault that gets the job done.
Last Rites are a heavy metal band from Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, formed in 2002. The band is listed in Encyclopaedia Metallum and has released material including the album Silverball. They remain one of the longer-running heavy metal acts to emerge from the Brazilian capital.
Russian gothic/doom metal band from Severodvinsk in the Arctic north, crafting mournful, darkly beautiful compositions since 2017. Their northern location infuses their gothic doom with the cold, isolated atmosphere of Russia's far north.
Last Sigh were a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, with roots going back to 2005. The band released a demo titled Your Worst Fears before recording their debut full-length Beneath of the Flesh, Rotten, which was mixed and mastered by Alexander Dietz of Heaven Shall Burn at Chemical Burn Studio in Germany. During their active years they shared stages with international acts including As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, and August Burns Red.
Prattville, Alabama's Last Transgression has been carving out death-thrash territory since 2011, channeling the American South's heat and grime into riffs that hit like a sledgehammer.
Swedish progressive metal band from Malmo, crafting technically intricate compositions since 2012. Their tribal name channels the heritage of community and tradition through progressive metal's complex framework.
Swedish melodic death metal/metalcore band from Stockholm, blending Scandinavian melodeath with hardcore intensity since 2011. Their approach channels the melodic traditions of Swedish death metal with modern metalcore dynamics.
Ukrainian melodic death metal band from Kropyvnytskyi, crafting harmonic precision since 2020. Their wandering name evokes the searching, journey-like character of their melodeath compositions.
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