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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Speed-thrash band from Ferrara, formed in 2019. Cocaine Cowboys plays wild, high-velocity thrash and speed metal with outlaw attitude from Emilia-Romagna.
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Clementon, New Jersey's Come and Get It play black metal-tinged speed metal that's nasty and stripped-down, channeling the raw aggression of the early underground. Fast, mean, and unconcerned with polish.
Conceived by Thunder from Tucson, Arizona take cues from classic heavy metal and speed metal traditions, delivering high-energy riff workouts with a reverence for the genre's analog-era roots.
Heavy and speed metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2009. They deliver high-energy metal built on fast riffs and classic heavy metal power from the Catalan capital.
Heavy speed metal band from Tilburg, active since 2013. Conquestador delivers high-velocity traditional metal with conquering spirit from North Brabant.
Moorpark's Conspiracy deal in classic speed and thrash metal, favoring tight riffwork and energetic delivery rooted in Southern California's storied tradition of aggressive, technically sharp underground metal.
Speed-thrash metal band from Kallithea, Athens, Greece, active since 2007. They deliver high-velocity thrash from the Greek capital.
Austrian speed and thrash metal project born out of the 2020 pandemic lockdowns. Their 'Pandemic Isolation Demo MMXX' channels quarantine frustration into blistering speed metal with hardcore and punk aggression.
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