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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/07 @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Death/thrash metal band from Bellinzona, Switzerland, active for over two decades since 2004. Their 2025 farewell album "Fooc Selvadic" closes twenty-plus years of existence, performed in regional Swiss dialect with lyrics rooted in their Ticinese heritage.
Spanish thrash metal band from Pravia in Asturias, formed in 2022. They bring fast, aggressive thrash metal to the green coast of northern Spain.
Black/thrash metal act from Stockholm, formed in 2013. Their compositions hurtle forward at breakneck tempos, driven by the marriage of thrash's precision riffing and black metal's hostile atmosphere.
Finnish black/thrash metal band from Tampere and Lempäälä, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal's darkness with thrash metal's speed from the Pirkanmaa region.
Katowice-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2018, anchoring their riff-driven assault in mid-tempo grooves that demand involuntary headbanging. Their compositions balance thrash metal's speed with the crushing rhythmic weight of groove metal.
Progressive thrash metal band from Lancashire, active since 2016. Their releases deliver adrenaline-fuelled, power-packed heavy metal and hard rock with progressive flourishes.
Metalcore crossover formation from the Kempen area of Belgium, active since 2020 with an energetic live presence. Their split with UK's Devils Grip and releases like "Shedding Skin" fuse metalcore intensity with crossover punk aggression.
Ferocious Crossover / Thrash Metal out of Texas.
Czech thrash/death metal and metalcore act from Rokycany, formed in 2018. They bring a volatile mix of thrash and death metal intensity with metalcore breakdowns.
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