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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Spitefuel deliver heavy metal and hard rock from Heilbronn in Baden-Wurttemberg, channeling spite-fueled energy through riff-driven compositions. Active since 2016, they bring venomous intensity to the Neckar Valley metal scene.
Spiteful Visions is a Minneapolis death metal and deathcore band formed in 2022, incorporating melodic and technical death metal elements alongside deathcore breakdowns for a multifaceted approach to extreme metal.
Spiter is a Philadelphia black metal and punk band formed in 2021, blending the raw antagonism of black metal with the stripped-down aggression of punk in a style reminiscent of black n' roll and black punk hybrids.
Death/thrash metal band from Beernem in West Flanders, formed in 2020. Their aggressive hybrid of death and thrash metal delivers relentless velocity and brutality from the Flemish countryside.
Spitkiss is an industrial and groove metal band from San Jose, California, formed in 1994, combining the mechanical textures and electronic elements of industrial metal with the mid-tempo, riff-locked heaviness of groove metal.
Ruthless Death Metal / Grindcore out of Texas.
Viennese melodic heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2023, channeling the energy of classic metal and hard rock into a modern framework. Their sound prioritizes catchy hooks and driving riffs, positioning them within Vienna's active traditional metal community.
Krasnodar's Spitter pair sludge and doom metal from the Kuban capital since 2021. Their expectoration-themed name channels the visceral force of ejection into compositions of thick, corrosive southern Russian heaviness.
Spitting Black is a Boston-based band formed in 2006 that fuses the rawness of black metal with the aggression of hardcore punk, delivering a caustic blend of blast beats and d-beat rhythms. Their sound sits in the tradition of the black metal/hardcore crossover that flourished in the northeastern US underground.
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