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Featured Album
Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Relentless Thrash Metal / Crossover from Dallas.
German thrash metal and crossover band from Darmstadt, formed in 2010. They merge thrash metal intensity with crossover punk energy for a fast, fun, aggressive sound.
German thrash metal and crossover band from Sangerhausen, formed in 2017. They combine thrash metal's ferocity with crossover's punk-infused energy.
Melodic death/thrash metal and crossover band from Nyon, Switzerland, active since 2014. They blend melodic death metal hooks with thrash and crossover energy from the shores of Lake Geneva.
Ferocious Thrash Metal / Crossover from Austin.
Finnish thrash metal and crossover band from Tampere, formed in 2021. They deliver lightning-bolt crossover thrash from Finland's industrial heartland.
Crossover thrash outfit from Wallington, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the spirit of 1980s crossover, fusing hardcore punk's immediacy with thrash metal's technical edge.
German band from Kiel, formed in 2013, whose sound evolved from thrash metal and crossover toward hardcore punk. Their stylistic shift reflects a sharpening of punk attitude over metal complexity.
Crossover thrash outfit from Cascais, formed in 2015. Their sound channels the spirit of 1980s crossover, fusing hardcore punk's immediacy with thrash metal's technical edge.
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