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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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Los Angeles's Panther arrived in 2022 with a dedication to heavy metal and hard rock that prioritizes hooks and power over trend-chasing. Formed in the fertile LA underground, they deliver the kind of straightforward heavy metal that trusts strong songwriting to do the work.
Melodic black, death, and doom metal band from Smolensk, Russia, formed in 2018, named after the vampiric spirit of Malay folklore. They deliver multi-faceted extreme metal from the western Russian border city.
Pantáculo Místico draws on the mournful, mid-paced doom of early My Dying Bride, weaving slow guitar dirges against delicate piano to create a sound steeped in occultism, hermeticism, and pagan mysticism — all delivered entirely in Portuguese. Their 1999 demo "Magnitude Oculta" established the template, revisited and expanded on the 2014 EP "Velado por Entidades" after a long dormancy.
Kansas City's Panzer Kunst have been dealing in uncompromising death metal since 2022, carving out their territory in the Missouri underground with blunt-force riffing and no-frills brutality. The name — German for "armored art" — hints at the disciplined destruction at the heart of their sound.
Black metal and crust punk band from Tula, Russia, formed in 2018, merging the darkness of black metal with crust punk's raw fury. They bring crossover extremity from the city famous for its samovars.
Hard rock and heavy metal band from Wroclaw, Poland, formed in 2022, whose German name means 'armored dog.' They bring tank-like heavy metal force to the Lower Silesian capital.
Death metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2013, bringing armored death metal force from Finland's oldest city. Their militaristic name matches the relentless assault of their sound.
Black and thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2025, whose German name means 'tank battle.' They bring armored blackened thrash to the Gothenburg underground.
Death metal band from Odesa, Ukraine, formed in 2024, whose German name means 'tank song.' They bring armored death metal from the Black Sea port city.
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