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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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Heavy and speed metal band from Gelnica, Slovakia, formed in 2021, delivering classic heavy and speed metal from the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia. They bring traditional metal energy to the Slovak scene.
A raw speed and thrash metal outfit out of Gainesville, Florida, Prostitute emerged in 2024 with the aggressive, no-frills energy of early Bay Area thrash and classic NWOBHM-influenced speed. Even as a new act, the band wastes no time announcing a commitment to velocity and abrasion over polish.
Psicocancer are a thrash/speed metal crossover band from Santa Fe, Argentina, whose five-person lineup includes vocalist Rama Daneri, guitarists Lauti Daneri and Guillermo Nudel, bassist Leo Bonzzi, and drummer Eric Daneri. The band released their debut album La Reconquista independently in 2017, delivering politically charged thrash influenced by early Anthrax and Agent Steel.
Hackensack, New Jersey's Psychotic have been delivering speed and thrash metal since 2010 — fast, ferocious, and indebted to the classic New York and New Jersey underground, they prioritize velocity and raw riff aggression above all else.
Formed in 2023 in Detroit, Michigan, Psychotic Poetry bring high-energy power and speed metal to the Motor City's metal underground — soaring, fast-moving compositions that draw from classic American speed metal while reaching for anthemic melodic payoffs.
Heavy metal turned heavy and speed metal band from Kosice, Slovakia, formed in 2023, evolving into faster territory. They bring fresh metal energy from Slovakia's second-largest city.
Speed metal band from Czestochowa, Poland, formed in 2017, chasing down listeners with relentless velocity from the Silesian-Lesser Poland border. They bring classic speed metal energy to the Polish underground.
Speed and heavy metal band with psychedelic rock influences from the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, formed in 2023. They blend the velocity of speed metal with the expansive, mind-bending qualities of psychedelic rock.
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