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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Thrash/crossover band from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, formed around 2007–2008, delivering politically charged and pit-ready material that draws equally from classic thrash metal and hardcore punk. Their album "Thrashback from Hell" captures their stripped-down, aggressive approach, placing them squarely in the tradition of Brazilian crossover bands that prioritize speed, aggression, and social commentary.
Thrash metal trio from Campina Grande, Paraíba, consisting of Jairo Tellys on bass and vocals, Felipe Rodrigues on guitar, and Netão Guimarães on drums. Their 2013 debut album "Faces do Horror" is an eight-track assault of old-school thrash, representing the underground metal scene of Brazil's northeastern interior.
West Islip, Long Island thrash metal act whose 2014 debut Calignious delivers dark, disorienting thrash. Named after the neurological condition causing loss of coordination — fitting for music that lurches between tempos with deliberate instability.
A thrash/hardcore crossover band from Tabapuã, a small city in the interior of São Paulo state, active since 2014. Their name — Portuguese for "death certificate" — reflects the blunt, confrontational aesthetic typical of Brazilian crossover, fusing the aggression of classic thrash with the directness and speed of hardcore punk.
Albuquerque thrash metal act whose 2012 debut Motor City Speed Rock channels Detroit-style garage energy through New Mexico thrash. A unique cross-pollination of automotive aggression and desert-forged speed.
Athanorr crafts melodic power and thrash metal from an undisclosed Luxembourgish location since 2008. Named after the alchemical furnace, they forge compositions that blend melodic ambition with thrash aggression from the tiny Grand Duchy.
Athenesi delivers melodic groove and thrash metal with metalcore influences from Bergamo since 2022. Their Greek-inflected name — suggestive of Athena or Athens — brings classical resonance to their modern Lombard sound.
Athkan is a groove and thrash metal band from Salta, Argentina, formed in 2013 by guitarist Gustavo Díaz and bassist Sergio Ruiz. Drawing on the post-thrash heaviness of Pantera and Meshuggah, the band released two records in 2013 — the album Walking Through Fear and the compilation Simbiosis — with vocalist Mauro Espínola and drummer Eduardo Fernández rounding out the lineup.
Athrazina merges death and thrash metal from Milan since 2022, named after the controversial herbicide atrazine. Their chemical-weapon identity drives an approach that contaminates listeners with high-toxicity extreme metal.
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