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Black Speed from the Cemeteries of Texas. Influences: Motorhead, Venom, Bathory, early Slayer, Celtic Frost. On Goat Throne Records.
Košice-based thrash metal act active since 2012, 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 Slovak filter.
Leikanger-based speed/thrash metal outfit active since 2014, channeling the breakneck velocity of early speed metal through a modern thrash lens. Their riff-first approach delivers the kind of neck-wrecking momentum that defined the genre's golden age.
Gothenburg-based black/thrash metal outfit active since 2013, fusing black metal's atmospheric venom with thrash's riff-driven velocity. Their high-energy sound channels the raw spirit of early Bathory, Sodom, and Destruction.
German groove/thrash metal band from Kiel, formed in 2017. They combine groove metal's rhythmic heaviness with thrash metal's velocity from the Baltic coast.
French thrash/black metal band from Toulouse, formed in 2014. They merge thrash metal's aggression with black metal's darkness from the Occitan capital.
Spanish thrash metal band from Nájera in La Rioja, formed in 2013. They deliver aggressive thrash metal from the medieval wine country of northern Spain.
Black Mass was a Black/Thrash Metal band from Belém, Pará, Brazil, formed in 2013. Operating out of northern Brazil’s oldest metal city, the band blended raw black metal aesthetics with thrash metal aggression. They released music independently, including material available through their Bandcamp page, before splitting up.
The Hague-based thrash metal act active since 2013, 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 Dutch filter.
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