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Mass Turbo is a thrash/hardcore band from Modica, Sicily, Italy, blending 1980s hardcore and American crossover influences. Their 2017 debut EP 'The Wrestler' delivers a 'five-songs blast full of rage, irony and shitty attitude,' followed by a self-titled EP after a seven-year hiatus.
Since 1990, New Jersey's Mastermind has been a fixture in American progressive metal, weaving complex song structures and virtuosic musicianship into long-form compositions. Their decades-long run out of Browns Mills stands as a testament to the resilience of prog metal outside major scenes.
Mastic Scum are one of Austria's most internationally recognized extreme metal bands, a brutal death metal and grindcore outfit from Salzburg founded in 1992 by Harry Gandler, Man Gandler, and Linga Moser. Their sound is defined by machine-precise rhythms, dissonant riffing, and a vocal onslaught spanning guttural lows to harsh highs, and they have released six studio albums including 'ICON' on MDD Records in 2022. A seventh album is currently in production as of 2026.
Burial Hordes is an Athens-based act that evolved from raw black metal in their early years to a devastating black/death hybrid. The band's transition reflects the broader trajectory of Greek extreme metal toward increasingly savage and uncompromising sounds.
Mea Culpa is a Czech band from the Humpolec/Pelhřimov area, formed in 2011, whose sound evolved from death metal roots into thrash metal and crossover territory. This stylistic shift reflects a restless creative energy that bridges extreme metal's heaviest and most riff-driven subgenres.
Cleveland's Meatyard have been hauling their crossover thrash and death metal hybrid since 1990, outlasting trends and scene cycles with a stubborn devotion to the pit-ready intensity that defines both genres. Their longevity in the industrial rust belt context has sharpened the band into a compact, battle-tested machine.
Mega Mosh is a thrash metal/crossover band from Bamberg, Germany, active from 1988 to 1992 with a discography including the albums "Fight The Epidemic Prince," "Call To Account," and "A Different Kind Of Meat." Their complete recordings capture a snapshot of late-1980s German thrash and crossover at its most vital.
A southern metal and crossover act from the Silesian city of Katowice, Menthrass has been channeling unexpected swampy grooves into the Polish industrial landscape since 2019. The band pairs American southern metal influence with Polish underground grit.
A thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore punk act from Novosibirsk, Metallization has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2015. The band channels Siberia's largest city's underground energy into fast, genre-crossing metal.
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