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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)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Finnish melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Rovaniemi, formed in 2012. They deliver aggressive melodeath-thrash from the Arctic Circle capital of Finnish Lapland.
Kyiv-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2019, 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.
Solo thrash/black metal project from Port Talbot, created by Zaraza in 2022 under the banner of egregious blood rituals. The debut album My Revenge blends raw lo-fi black metal with blackened punk and crust, recorded and performed entirely by one person.
Lublin-based death/thrash metal act active since 2005, fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's riff-driven velocity and rhythmic precision. Their high-energy approach delivers the heaviness of death metal married to thrash's urgent momentum.
Spanish thrash metal band from Ciudad Real, formed in 2013. They deliver relentless thrash metal from the plains of La Mancha.
Finnish thrash/heavy metal band from Tampere, formed in 2024. They deliver fresh thrash and heavy metal from Finland's industrial heartland.
German thrash metal band from Erbach im Odenwald, formed in 2021. They channel berserker fury into fast, aggressive thrash metal from the Hessian countryside.
Berzerkers is a thrash metal band from Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, blending thrash with elements of death and speed metal. The band is an active independent act within the underground metal scene of Sergipe, with releases including the track "Machine Gun."
Finnish death/thrash metal and grindcore band from Tampere, active since 2008. With nearly two decades of friendship-forged extremity, they deliver death-grind with tongue-in-cheek camaraderie.
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