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Athens' All Sins Undone emerged in 2023 with a punishing blend of death and thrash metal, delivering relentless aggression with technical precision. Their name suggests a thematic fascination with moral reckoning and absolution through violence.
High Ridge, Missouri death/thrash metal project. Symbolic narrative rendered in extremity from suburban St. Louis.
Brooklyn thrash metal project named after the magic system in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series. Fantasy literature meets New York speed metal.
Rooted in Pamplona's metal community since 2014, Allowance merges melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with thrash metal's velocity and death metal's weight. Their sound carves a niche at the intersection of Navarra's extreme metal traditions.
Alltorment is a thrash metal band from Goiânia, Goiás, active since 2012 and part of the Central-West Brazilian underground metal scene. They play in the direct, aggressive tradition of Brazilian thrash with limited studio output documented publicly.
Saratoga, New York thrash/heavy metal act that emerged in 2025 with two releases right out of the gate. New blood in the thrash revival delivering aggressive, riff-driven metal from upstate New York.
Alma Negra is a heavy and thrash metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, formed in 2017. Operating within Curitiba's well-established southern Brazilian metal scene, the band delivers a raw, riff-driven sound rooted in classic thrash and traditional heavy metal.
Alma Siniestra is a thrash metal band from Río Cuarto, in Córdoba Province, formed by guitarist and vocalist Damián González, guitarist Nicolás Ortiz, bassist Luciano Villarreal, and drummer Salvador Velázquez. The band issued the ten-track demo "Origen" in 2012 and followed it with their debut full-length "Violencia extrema", released in January 2016, drawing on influences from Kreator, Sepultura, and Pantera.
Miskolc-based Almighty has wielded thrash metal since 2003, drawing energy from Hungary's second-largest city in the northeast. Their riff-driven approach carries the unrelenting pace and blue-collar intensity that thrash demands.
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