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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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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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Hammond, Louisiana's Legions of Hoar Frost have been doing something that should be a contradiction — scalding Southern humidity and frozen black metal atmosphere — since 2011. The tension between climate and genre is exactly what makes them interesting.
Swedish black/thrash metal band from Tanumshede, merging blackened ferocity with thrash velocity since 2021. Their warlike name channels the combative spirit of their volatile blackened thrash.
LegionSky is a symphonic power metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring vocalist Gaston Lopez Gullen, keyboardist Luca Medina, and guitarists Gonzalo Albarracin and Sebastian Duarte. Their debut full-length "Víspera bélica" was released in November 2014, conceived as the first part of a concept trilogy in which each track represents a chapter in history. Vocals and guitars for the album were recorded at Luca Medina's private studio in Buenos Aires.
Legion is a thrash metal band from La Plata, Argentina, whose lineup includes Nicolas Liendo on guitar and vocals, Rafael Garritano on guitar, Sergio Carrizo on drums, and John Williams on bass. Their debut album "Gran Mal" was recorded and mixed at Dormir Sucio studio in Berisso during 2016 and released in 2017. The band draws on the tradition of Argentine thrash acts such as Hermética and Horcas.
Lei do Cão is a crossover thrash band from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed in 2008. Their debut full-length Possuído pelo Tubarão was released in September 2008, delivering eight tracks of fast, aggressive crossover blending thrash and hardcore punk. The band also appeared on a split release with Crippled Fox in 2011, cementing their place in the Brazilian underground crossover scene.
Bavarian experimental gothic/black metal act active since 2006, blending depressive black metal with hard rock elements across releases like 'Ebola.' Their German-language material explores dark themes through an unconventional fusion of gothic atmosphere and extreme metal aggression.
German black/death metal duo from the Nuremberg/Arzberg area, delivering raw extremity since 2014. Their name, translating roughly to 'corpse desecrator,' signals the uncompromising brutality of their blackened death metal assault.
German doom/death metal project formed in 2023, fusing funeral-paced doom with death metal's guttural intensity. Their sound channels the crushing weight of both genres through monolithic, slow-burning compositions.
German black metal project from Paderborn active since 2016, channeling raw hostility through atmospheric blackened soundscapes. Their name, meaning 'corpse forest,' reflects the morbid, nature-tinged darkness of their sound.
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