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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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Spanish heavy metal act from Rascafria, forging traditional heavy metal since 2012. Their approach channels the genre's raw power and energetic spirit.
Greek band from Thessaloniki that evolved from doom metal origins in 2014 into progressive rock territory. Their sonic journey traces a path from crushing heaviness to more expansive, contemplative compositions.
Russian/Finnish atmospheric black metal project originating in Saint Petersburg and now based in Helsinki, formed in 2024. Their cross-border identity channels the atmospheric traditions of both Nordic and Russian black metal.
Ukrainian blackened death metal band from Irpin, merging volcanic intensity with extreme metal since 2021. Their elemental name captures the molten, subterranean fury of their blackened death approach.
Indianapolis doom/power metal outfit Lavaborne forge heavy, dramatic music from the tension between soaring melodic ambition and earth-shaking low-end weight, active since 2017.
German stoner/doom metal band from Hagen, emerging in 2023 with fuzz-drenched heaviness and slow-burning grooves. Their sound channels the hazy, riff-driven essence of stoner doom through a crushing low-end foundation.
Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2022 and bringing fresh energy to the Scandinavian metal scene. Their sound channels classic heavy metal traditions through a modern Danish lens.
British death/thrash metal band from Brighton, formed in 2023 and named after a Lovecraftian character. Their sound merges death metal's brutality with thrash velocity, channeling cosmic horror through extreme metal.
Houston sludge outfit Lavos drag their riffs through the bayou, piling on layers of feedback and distortion with the swampy menace that only Texas can fully deliver.
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