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Let You Go (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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German thrash metal and crossover band from Frankfurt an der Oder, formed in 2017. They deliver party-fueled crossover thrash from the Polish-German border city.
Spanish thrash metal and crossover band from Lleida in Catalonia, formed in 2011. They play fast, punk-infused crossover thrash from the Catalan interior.
Finnish death/thrash metal and crossover band from Helsinki, formed in 2015. They serve spoonful after spoonful of death-thrash crossover from the capital.
Volzhsky-based metalcore act active since 2019, merging hardcore punk's confrontational energy with heavy metal's technical ambition. Their compositions trade between aggressive breakdowns and melodic passages with the dynamic range that defines the genre.
Pioneering crossover thrash outfit from Stoke-on-Trent featuring former Discharge members, active since 1983. Cited as an influence by Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, they helped bridge the gap between hardcore punk and thrash metal with early singles like 'Decapitated' and 'Crucifix.'
Spanish thrash metal and crossover band from Alcalá de Henares near Madrid, formed in 2014. They deliver devastating crossover thrash from the Castilian university city.
Finnish thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore punk band from Helsinki, formed in 2023. They deliver bullet-speed aggression across three punk and metal styles.
German thrash metal and crossover band from Leipzig, formed in 2019. They deliver fast, party-ready crossover thrash from Saxony's metal capital.
Rostov-on-Don-based crossover thrash act active since 2018, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
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