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Colorado Springs thrash metal project from the Colorado underground.
Animosity Kills thrashes from Askøy, an island municipality near Bergen, since 2017. Their violent-hostility name drives compositions of relentless speed and aggression from the archipelago off Norway's western coast.
Illinois metalcore and thrash hybrid whose 2019 debut The Phaneron — a philosophical term for the totality of experience — pairs cerebral ambition with physical aggression. Heavier music for the thinking mosher.
Animus Necandi is a thrash metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, drawing from the aggressive, fast-picking tradition of Brazilian thrash metal. Originally active from 2004 with a 2005 demo titled "Bloody World," the band later resumed activity, representing the thrash underground of Brazil's northeastern capital.
Ankhar delivers relentless thrash metal from the small Basque town of Zestoa, channeling the region's fierce cultural identity into rapid-fire riffing since 2016. Their sound draws from the deep well of Basque extreme music while maintaining a distinctly thrash-oriented attack.
Anmasker thrashes from Zaporizhia since 2018. Their unmasking name drives compositions that strip away pretense through the directness of thrash metal from this Dnieper city.
Annexation is a thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, founded in 2015 by Lizard Gonzales, delivering fast, classic thrash metal inspired by Slayer, Exodus, Demolition Hammer, and Power Trip. Their catalog includes the 2017 EP Reptile World Order, the 2019 release Jackhammer Treatment, and the eleven-track 2020 debut album Inherent Brutality, all recorded and mixed by Marc Wustenhagen in Berlin.
Chicago thrash metal outfit with a substantial seven-release catalog since 2008. Albums like Extinction and The Undivided Wholeness of All Things trace an evolution from pure thrash fury into more ambitious compositional territory, all anchored by the Windy City's relentless energy.
Saint Paul thrash metal project from the Minnesota underground.
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