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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Bay City, Michigan thrash metal project. The biblical rebel son's name channels familial betrayal into thrash aggression from the Saginaw Bay.
Orlando, Florida NWOTHM and power metal project. A variant spelling of Absalom bringing classic metal grandeur to Central Florida.
Absolution brings heavy and thrash metal from the Potteries city of Stoke-on-Trent since 2013, channeling the Staffordshire industrial heartland's blue-collar grit into aggressive metal. Over a decade of activity speaks to deep roots in the Midlands scene.
Absoluto Poder was a death/thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2013 by members Mike Dorsal and Rafael Tortuguita, drawing influence from Sodom, Dorsal Atlântica, and old-school Sepultura. The band blended the aggression of Brazilian thrash with death metal heaviness in the vein of early Death and Autopsy, releasing a demo titled 'When Your Nightmares Come True' in 2015 and working toward a full-length before splitting up.
Death/thrash metal band from Aigle, Switzerland, active in the underground metal scene of the French-speaking Canton of Vaud. Their material places them in the tradition of technically driven death-thrash, blending aggression with intricate guitar work rooted in the Swiss extreme metal underground.
Waukegan/Kenosha thrash metal project spanning the Illinois-Wisconsin border. The name strips away the concrete, leaving only aggressive shapes.
Abstract was a heavy/thrash metal band from Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil, active during the 2000s within the state's growing underground metal scene centered around the annual Anápolis Metal festival. The band played straightforward heavy and thrash metal rooted in the classic Brazilian tradition before splitting up.
Boston thrash metal project. The Germanically modified name promises construction through destruction — thrash metal's essential paradox.
Mythological occult black/thrash metal from North Texas. Proscriptor McGovern's vision was unmatched.
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