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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Chicago thrash metal act whose 2022 single Ride It Out delivers focused, no-nonsense thrash from a city with an endless appetite for speed and aggression.
Denver thrash metal outfit active since 2014, building a four-release catalog of ferocious speed metal. From the bluntly titled Evilgasm to the more ambitious Orchestrionic Abortion, they've grown from raw thrash into something more surgically precise without losing their edge.
Wheatland/Le Claire thrash metal project from the Iowa underground.
Angelrape channels black and thrash metal from Lidköping on Lake Vänern since 2022. Their blasphemous name drives compositions of sacrilegious aggression from this western Swedish lakeside town.
Martins Ferry, Ohio thrash metal act operating from the state's eastern edge along the Ohio River. A contribution to the Rust Belt's heavy metal tradition from one of its most economically battered corners.
Gallup thrash metal project from the New Mexico underground.
Angelus Apatrida is a Spanish thrash metal band formed in Albacete in 2000 by brothers Guillermo and Jose Izquierdo alongside drummer Victor Valera and guitarist David Alvarez. After signing to Century Media Records in 2009, the band released a string of albums including Clockwork (2010), The Call (2012), and the self-titled Angelus Apatrida (2021), which topped the official Spanish album charts. Their 2023 album Aftermath was supported by a world tour, establishing them as one of the premier contemporary thrash metal acts in Europe.
Anger has wielded heavy and thrash metal from the Witten, Remscheid, and Wuppertal triangle in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1978, making them one of Germany's longest-running metal acts. Nearly five decades of Ruhr Valley fury have earned them a place in the history of German metal.
Pasadena thrash metal veterans active since 2006, later relocating within the greater Los Angeles area. Two full-lengths — Callous And Furor and the corporate-skewering Hubris, Inc. — deliver seasoned, technically proficient thrash from musicians who've been honing their craft for decades.
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