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Alcoólica was a thrash metal band from Santos, São Paulo, formed in 2013 and part of the port city's underground metal scene alongside acts like Chemical Disaster. The band released sessions through their Bandcamp page before eventually splitting up, representing Santos's contribution to the broader São Paulo state thrash underground.
Aldor channels melodic death and thrash metal from Moscow since 2013. Over a decade in the Russian capital, they have crafted compositions that blend Scandinavian-influenced melody with thrash aggression.
Alef explores progressive thrash metal from Kyiv since 2017. Named after the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, they bring foundational significance to technically ambitious thrash from the Ukrainian capital.
Alehammer merges black metal, crust punk, and thrash metal from the West Yorkshire town of Halifax since 2014, their drinking-destruction name capturing the volatile spirit of their genre-crossing assault. Over a decade of punk-metal fury from the Pennines.
Alerta Vermelho was a crossover/thrash band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed by veteran underground musicians who swapped roles to channel raw punk and thrash energy. Their 2024 EP "Zero" — a six-track, 15-minute release on Metalpunk Overkill Records — fused punk aggression with metallic weight and was recorded entirely in Portuguese, arriving on limited-edition orange cassette. The band drew from a lineage of Belo Horizonte crossover acts and influences ranging from Misfits and Hüsker Dü to Brazilian punk outfits like Replicantes and Plebe Rude before splitting up shortly after the release.
Alessandro Foddai is a solo experimental heavy and thrash metal project from Sardinia active since 2021. This one-person operation channels the island's isolation into idiosyncratic compositions that bend thrash and heavy metal into unexpected shapes.
Aleste delivers thrash metal from the western French town of Niort since 2013, bringing high-velocity aggression to the Deux-Sèvres department. Their straightforward approach channels the no-nonsense spirit of rural France's metal underground.
Fairfield, California thrash metal project. Solano County speed metal keeping the Bay Area thrash tradition alive.
Aletheia is a stoner and thrash metal band from the Bayreuth and Nuremberg area of Germany, formed in 2013, merging the groove-heavy weight of stoner metal with thrash's speed and bite. The band brings a dual-city energy to their aggressive yet riff-driven sound.
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