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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Aphrenety has evolved from thrash, death, and groove metal into a black and death metal combination from Wolfsburg, the Volkswagen city, since 2021. Their name, suggesting a frenetic loss of reason, drives their Lower Saxony-bred extremity through multiple stylistic phases.
Apocalips delivers melodic thrash metal from Timișoara since 2023. From the Banat capital that triggered Romania's liberation, they forge high-speed melodic aggression.
Sterling Heights thrash metal project from the Michigan underground.
Apocalypse Addiction delivers crossover thrash from London since 2016, their end-times-dependency name capturing the compulsive nature of their punk-metal fury. Over a decade of London thrash speaks to sustained energy.
Apocalypse Conspiracy thrashes from Lagoa in the Algarve since 2023. Their end-times paranoia name drives high-speed compositions from Portugal's southernmost tourist coast — an unlikely thrash metal outpost.
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Salem, Massachusetts thrash metal act arriving in 2024 with a demo and full-length. Bathoric Pestilence and Thrashing Vengeance channel the Witch City's dark history through pure thrash fury — a fitting marriage of location and sound.
Milwaukee/Marquette thrash metal project spanning Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula since 2015. Four releases including the aptly titled Hell of an Existence channel Rust Belt frustration into furious thrash across state lines.
Apocalyptor merges crust punk's raw fury with thrash metal's precision from the Finnish city of Lahti since 2014. Their crossover approach bridges the gap between punk's anarchic energy and metal's structural discipline.
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