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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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Italian black metal band from Petacciato in Molise, channeling martial darkness since 2014. Their bellicose name reflects the warlike, aggressive character of their black metal from southern Italy.
Italian atmospheric/post-black metal project active since 2019, blending ethereal beauty with blackened intensity. Their approach layers lush atmospherics over the raw foundation of black metal.
New York's Lord Papus play heavy metal steeped in occult mysticism, channeling the ceremonial into driving, riff-led compositions since their 2023 formation.
Scottish death metal band from Aberdeen, delivering raw brutality since 2015. Their name evokes the regal, commanding character of their death metal approach.
Portuguese doom/stoner metal band formed in 2020, channeling slow-burning heaviness and hazy grooves. Their sinful name adds a transgressive edge to their doom and stoner approach.
Roman act that evolved from symphonic black metal origins into industrial/gothic metal territory, restarting in 2025. Their vampiric name channels undead aristocratic darkness through shifting stylistic identities.
Denver stoner metal outfit Lord Velvet arrived in 2023 with fuzz-soaked grooves and a mile-high heaviness — laid-back on the surface, crushing underneath.
Finnish doom metal band from Turku, active since 2008 and delivering crushingly heavy, progressive doom on Church Within Records. Their 2019 album 'The Black Powder' features nine tracks spanning 69 minutes, balancing oppressive menace with acoustic passages and punky aggression.
Italian stoner/doom metal band from Bolsena in Viterbo, formed in 2020 and delivering hazy, heavy grooves. Named after the satanic character from Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita,' they channel literary darkness through stoner doom.
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