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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania thrash metal band formed in 2016, drawing on both Bay Area and East Coast thrash traditions to deliver ferocious, riff-driven material with the city's characteristic grit.
Stockholm's Stressfest pair thrash and speed metal from the Swedish capital since 2023. Their anxiety-celebration name channels the paradox of festive tension into compositions of freshly-minted, high-velocity aggression.
Parma's Strikehammer pair black and speed metal from the Emilian food capital since 2023. Their name of percussive violence channels hammerblows of blackened aggression through compositions of relentless force.
Sunlord is a New York-based heavy/speed metal act formed in 2013, channeling the raw energy of classic 1980s metal with a hard-driving, no-frills approach rooted in traditional heavy metal riffing and high-octane tempos.
Sven Horlemann evolved from power/speed metal origins into a hard rock direction from Ettlingen near Karlsruhe, tracing a stylistic journey that mirrors many German musicians' broadening tastes. Active since 2009, this solo project spans the spectrum from metal velocity to rock swagger.
Syranax is a thrash/speed metal band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2022, bringing high-velocity riffing and old-school aggression to the Texas metal scene.
Nowy Targ's Säcrificer pair heavy and speed metal from the Podhale highlands since 2016. Their umlauted sacrifice and Carpathian origins channel mountain-forged intensity into compositions of driving, classic-styled aggression.
Tailgater from North Rhine-Westphalia forge heavy and speed metal that harks back to the golden age of '80s metal, combining galloping tempos with anthemic hooks since 2015. Their approach channels the Teutonic tradition of Accept and early Helloween through a modern production sensibility.
Aalst speed/thrash metal band Target formed in 1986 and became one of Belgium's more technically-minded acts of the era, releasing their debut Mission Executed in 1987 on Ralph Hubert's Aarrrg label — the imprint run by the Mekong Delta bassist. Their second album Master Project Genesis followed before the band went inactive, and guitarist Lex Vogelaar later went on to found the better-known act Orphanage.
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