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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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New Jersey thrashers formed in 2017, delivering the kind of pit-ready aggression that carries on the Garden State's underground metal tradition. Their sound favors blunt riffing and urgency over technical flash.
Enforcer is a thrash and speed metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2001, with early releases including the demos Violent Speed Rehearsal (2003) and A Violent Night (2006). Their debut full-length Violent Speed Assault, released in 2007 through Utterly Somber Creations, collected material composed between 2002 and 2004 and recorded in a single seven-hour session.
Speed/heavy metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, forging high-velocity, classic metal since 2021. Their craftsman-referencing name captures the detailed, chiseled precision of their speed and heavy metal approach.
Thrash/speed metal band from the Danube town of Lom, Bulgaria, delivering rapid-fire aggression since 2022. Their high-velocity approach channels the genre's classic intensity from one of Bulgaria's smaller but spirited metal communities.
Enot is a heavy/speed metal and hardcore band from San Pedro, Buenos Aires province, active since 2006 and signed to Escoria Records. The band contributed tracks to several Argentine underground compilations, including appearances on Ultrametal CD (1995), Hardcore Sin Fronteras Tape (1997), and Tributo a La Polla CD (2002) under an earlier formation, before reforming in 2019.
Palm Desert's Enrage runs on the fuel of classic speed and thrash metal, channeling the southern California desert's blistering energy into tight, riff-driven aggression with old-school urgency.
Orlando's Ensanguined arrived in 2023 fusing the maniacal velocity of speed metal with black metal's icy malevolence — a blood-soaked debut into Florida's extremity-rich underground.
The Norwegian city of Oslo serves as headquarters for this black metal and speed metal operation, whose arsenal includes raw, unbridled velocity channeling early 80s metal fire. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Västerås-based black metal, speed metal, and thrash metal act channels pre-thrash intensity with a melodic edge. Active since 2011, their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
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