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Carrasco is a blackened thrash/speed metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2013, with lyrics dealing in death, occultism, and the macabre. The band is signed to Cianeto Discos, through which they released the album "Armageddon" in 2020, a storm of death/black/thrash driven by Spanish-language lyrics.
Carttada is a speed/heavy metal and hard rock band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, born from a project that evolved into its current form by the early 2020s. The band is signed to the label RTR Records and released their debut album "Recharged" in January 2022, recorded and produced by guitarist Aly Fioren at Funds House Studio in Curitiba. Comparisons to Motörhead have followed the band in the Brazilian press.
Black-thrash-speed metal band from Germany, formed in 2023. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with the breakneck velocity of speed and thrash.
Sacramento act blending technical death metal with progressive structures and thrash-driven aggression, channeling complex rhythmic shifts into a sound that feels both cerebral and visceral.
Salt Lake City's Castleaxe play high-octane speed metal with a traditional heavy metal heart, built on twin guitar harmonies, galloping rhythms, and an unapologetically retro sensibility.
Speed and thrash metal band from Rothenthurm, Switzerland, formed in 2017. They channel the raw intensity and breakneck tempos of the classic speed metal era into a modern Swiss thrash attack.
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Severn, Maryland one-man heavy/speed/thrash metal project delivering tightly wound riffs and driving rhythms rooted in the classic metal tradition.
New York City black/speed metal solo project drawing from Japanese punk, Eastern European black metal, and raw lo-fi production with a punk-inflected vocal style.
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