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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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Purple AQP is a heavy metal and hard rock solo project by Victor Calvo Llerena, based in Arequipa, Peru. Drawing inspiration from classic heavy metal and hard rock of the 1970s and 1980s, the project released its debut demo Empire Arise in 2019, followed by the full-length Rise and Fall of the Inca's Empire in 2022. The name combines a nod to Deep Purple with AQP, the airport code and common abbreviation for Arequipa.
Doom metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2014, conjuring occult visions through heavy, retro doom from the Norwegian capital. They bring vintage doom mysticism to Oslo's diverse metal landscape.
Scranton doom and stoner metal band born in 2022, stacking fuzzed-out riffs and tar-slow tempos in the tradition of the Northeast's working-class heaviness. Their name alone signals a commitment to lung-collapsing low end.
Heavy metal turned heavy and speed metal band from Kosice, Slovakia, formed in 2023, evolving into faster territory. They bring fresh metal energy from Slovakia's second-largest city.
Stoner and thrash metal turned psychedelic stoner metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2013, evolving into increasingly psychedelic territory. Their Hendrix-referencing name signals the trippy, mind-expanding nature of their heavy music.
Speed metal band from Czestochowa, Poland, formed in 2017, chasing down listeners with relentless velocity from the Silesian-Lesser Poland border. They bring classic speed metal energy to the Polish underground.
New Jersey progressive death metal and metalcore hybrid formed in 2023, fusing the technical ambition of modern death metal with the structural hooks of metalcore in a combination that reflects the dense, polyglot heavy music scene of the mid-Atlantic.
La Porte, Indiana melodic power metal band active since 2014, trafficking in soaring vocals, double-bass gallop, and anthemic chord progressions drawn from the European power metal tradition — an unusual outpost for the style in the American Midwest.
Death metal band from Nokia, Finland, formed in 2014, continuing the proud Finnish death metal tradition established by bands from the same region. They deliver old-school death metal from the Pirkanmaa area.
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