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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Los Angeles's Cult of the Damned carry the torch for classic power and speed metal in a city more often associated with death and black metal extremity. The band channels the high-energy, melodic aggression of the genre's golden era into a sound that is both propulsive and anthemic.
Heavy and speed metal band from Burgos, Spain, formed in 2017. They deliver fast, powerful metal from the historic Castilian city.
Black-speed-thrash act from Lisbon, active since 2014. Cães de Guerra — Portuguese for 'dogs of war' — delivers ferocious, war-themed extreme metal from the Portuguese capital.
Cérbero is a power/speed metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, listed on Metal Archives with an active status. The band plays fast, aggressive metal in the power and speed metal tradition and has released material available on Bandcamp. They share a name with a separate split-up thrash metal act from Recife, Pernambuco.
D.O.C. channels the reckless energy of early Teutonic speed metal from the streets of Rome, delivering whiplash-inducing riffs and breakneck tempos. Their raw, unpolished approach recalls the aggression of the mid-1980s European underground.
D3Th0N is a Bolognese speed metal outfit that tears through ferocious, high-velocity compositions rooted in the classic thrash and speed metal tradition. Their output emphasizes relentless tempo and sharp, cutting guitar work over polish or production finesse.
Schaumburg, Illinois' Dagoth channels the speed metal and thrash overlap where tempos hit maximum velocity and the riffs carry a razor-sharp urgency. Since 2018, they've embraced the more amphetamine-fueled end of the thrash spectrum.
Hailing from Massapequa Park on Long Island, Damaged have been keeping the old-school thrash flame alive since 2014 with riff-driven, pit-ready material. Their approach is rooted in the classic East Coast thrash tradition, unpolished and uncompromising.
Damager is a speed/thrash metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2021. They play blistering speed/thrash from southeastern France.
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