groove metal

Pyrexia is an extreme death metal band from New York.In 2001, the entire then-current lineup teamed up with ex-Obituary guitarist Trevor Peres to form Catastrophic. After an album was recorded, Chris Basile (the one constant Pyrexia member throughout their career) left that band, and has since recruited an all-new Pyrexia lineup. A new CD, Cruelty Beyond Submission, featuring eight remastered older tunes and three brand-new ones) was released in 2004.

Magpyes started out as a 3-piece drum machine grind band (then called The Magpyes), in which time they self released a demo, a split cd, an EP and “The True Magpyes”, a black metal covers cd. With the addition of a drummer in 2008, they slowly began to incorporate more black metal into their sound. In January 2009, the band became known as “Magpyes”, also recruiting a new drummer. They have a 4 way split with The Atrocity Exhibit/Jesus Of Spazzareth/Reltih out this spring and their first full-length “The Laughing Medusa” is due to be recorded around summertime.

Since 2007, Fragmenta began whipping local crowds into a moshing frenzy with their searing brand of progressive edged thrash metal. Fragmenta spent the following years gigging intensely playing many notable shows, receiving airplay both locally and internationally and having their demos featured in several worldwide compilations. In 2011 Fragmenta released their debut album titled SEDITION; their intense thrash sound evolved even further, injected with unconventional grooves and tinged with industrial elements.

Incite can be one of two bands: 1. Incite is a thrash-metal band formed in Phoenix, AZ at the end of 2004 by Richie Cavalera. The band continued writing and performing local shows and eventually began to work with Gloria Cavalera's Oasis Management. Their first demo, entitled Murder was created in 2006 at the Saltmine Studio in Mesa, AZ, and it featured songs such as "You Should Be Killed", and "Follow Me". Through Oasis, Incite landed on several U.