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Proof (2024)
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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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Thrash metal outfit from Säffle, formed in 2020. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Bestial Curse is a black/thrash metal band from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, drawing influence from Hellhammer, Venom, and Bathory. The band features members with ties to Brazilian acts Apokalyptic Raids and Flagelador, and released the album "Masters of Mayhem," recorded at Eclypse Studio in Niterói, on Dark Sun Records.
Finnish black/thrash metal band from Lappeenranta, formed in 2016. They deliver bestial black/thrash from the southeastern Finnish border.
German black/thrash metal band from Flensburg, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal's darkness with thrash metal's speed from Germany's northernmost city on the Danish border.
French thrash/death metal band from Poitiers, formed in 2016. They deliver bestial thrash-death from the historic Aquitaine city.
Uddevalla-based thrash metal act active since 2018, 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 Swedish filter.
Bestial Possession is a Black/Thrash Metal band from Trujillo, Peru, formed in 2003 and currently signed to Tyrants Records. The band blends raw South American black metal aggression with thrash fury, drawing on themes of Satan, sex, and death. Their discography spans demos and splits from the late 2000s through to the 2020 full-length "Altares sangrientos" and the 2021 split "Legacy of Terror."
Thrash metal outfit from Moscow (early); Prague, formed in 2023. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
French thrash metal band from the Dreux-Saint-Éliph area, formed in 2015. They channel bestial thrash metal from the Eure-et-Loir countryside.
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