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Proof (2024)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AfterShock is a thrash metal band with roots in Honolulu, Hawaii, later based in San Francisco. Their 2020 full-length "RiSk - High-Risk Behavior" brings an island-to-mainland thrash metal attack across eleven tracks.
Afterwind delivers melodic thrash metal and metalcore from Krasnoyarsk in central Siberia since 2014. From this major Yenisei River city, they pair Swedish-influenced melody with thrash aggression and metalcore dynamics.
Against All is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Tampa, Florida. Their 2020 full-length "2017-2019" compiles the band's formative years into a single release of crossover aggression.
Agarwean merges death and thrash metal from Kutná Hora, the Czech city famous for its Sedlec Ossuary bone church, since 2019. Their setting amid tens of thousands of artistically arranged human skeletons provides macabre context for their extreme metal.
Age Nor Defields is a crossover thrash quintet from Mongaguá, on the São Paulo state coast of Brazil, fusing thrash metal with hardcore punk energy and grindcore experimentation. Their album "Mongahell" is a 25-minute barrage of politically charged, anti-fascist material delivered in Portuguese, mixing protest and class consciousness with acid humor and absurdist provocation. Reviewers have noted their earnest, exuberant approach and the Zappa-esque tendency to wrap pointed social commentary in comedic delivery.
Age of Apocalypse is a New York hardcore band that incorporates heavy and thrash metal into their breakneck attack. Their 2025 full-length "In Oblivion" arrived on Closed Casket Activities and cemented the band's reputation as one of the hardest-hitting acts in modern NYHC.
Age of Arcadia are a thrash metal band from Berlin with deep Greek folk influences, drawing lyrical and thematic inspiration from ancient Greek mythology, philosophy, and history. Their 2018 debut Eleysis was recorded in Athens and mixed by Logan Mader in Los Angeles, featuring epic compositions like the nearly twelve-minute Alexander that weave traditional instrumentation into thrash metal frameworks.
Age of Fire is a heavy and thrash metal band that started in South Florida before relocating to Charlottesville, Virginia. With six releases spanning 2019 to 2025 — including a 30th anniversary reissue — the band is a veteran act that has persisted through decades and geography changes.
Age of Nefarious delivers thrash and speed metal from Värmland since 2016. Their wicked-era name drives compositions of villainous velocity from this forested western Swedish province.
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