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Featured Album
Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Russian depressive black metal project from Engels, channeling despair through raw DSBM since 2022. Their name distills the bleak, hopeless essence of their depressive approach.
German heavy metal and hard rock band from Grossefehn, delivering energetic, riff-driven music since 2013. Their sound bridges the gap between heavy metal's power and hard rock's accessibility.
German metalcore act from Bielefeld, combining crushing breakdowns with melodic elements since 2020. Their approach channels metalcore's signature blend of hardcore aggression and metal technicality.
Italian heavy metal band from Milan with roots back to 1999, making them one of the longer-running Italian acts here. Their quarter-century commitment to heavy metal marks them as veterans of the Milanese scene.
Ukrainian black metal band from Kyiv, formed in 2020 and channeling ancestral darkness through raw black metal. Their name captures the severed, forgotten lineage at the core of their blackened approach.
Spanish thrash metal band from Cambre, delivering raw thrash aggression since 2022. Their sound channels the genre's essential speed and fury through the Galician underground.
Belgian stoner metal/rock act from Koolskamp delivering thunderous riffs and raging vocals since 2015. Their releases including 'Bastard Blood' and 'Dark Messiah' blend contrasting vocal styles with emotionally charged heaviness, exploring themes of internal turmoil.
German heavy metal and hard rock band from Erzhausen, forging crowd-pleasing anthems since 2015. Their sound channels the classic spirit of heavy metal and hard rock through energetic performances.
Los Angeles doom metal act Lost Breed returned in 2025 after years away, dragging their slow, suffocating heaviness back into the light with zero urgency and maximum weight.
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