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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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Thrash metal outfit from Sarpsborg, formed in 2023. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Czech thrash/death metal band from Prague, formed in 2012. They channel aggressive thrash and death metal with punishing rhythms and relentless intensity.
Thrash metal and crossover band from São Paulo, Brazil, active from 2012 until their split-up. Rooted in the São Paulo scene's affinity for American-style crossover thrash, Belial played fast, aggressive music at the intersection of metal and hardcore punk, in the tradition of the city's long-running street-level extreme underground.
Metallic hardcore from Austin.
Thrash and melodic metalcore band from Southampton, formed in 2010. Their early demos including Eagle Eyed Generation and Dying Revolution blend aggressive thrash riffing with melodic metalcore sensibilities.
French band from Saint-Jean-de-Luz in the Basque Country, active since 1990. Their three-decade evolution from punk/hard rock to crossover/thrash metal reflects a deepening commitment to heaviness.
Belzek is a thrash metal band from Olmué, Chile, whose debut album The Process was recorded and mixed at Nube Negra Records in Limache and released on December 31, 2024. The eight-track record features the five-piece lineup of Marcelo Villalón Vergara (vocals), Marcelo González Galarce and Álvaro Soto Chávez (guitars), Ivan Pinto Castro (bass), and Alan Reyes Iribarra (drums), delivering aggressive thrash with songs tackling conflict, social distrust, and inner struggle.
Thrash/industrial metal project from Dundee, Scotland, formed in 2020. They merge the aggression of thrash with the mechanical textures of industrial metal.
Vila Nova de Gaia-based thrash metal act active since 2021, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Portuguese filter.
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