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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Death/thrash outfit from Krotoszyn, formed in 2025. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Finnish melodic death/thrash metal band from Kotka, formed in 2024. They deliver red-hot melodic death-thrash from the southeastern coast.
Metalcore and thrash metal band from West Flanders, Belgium, formed in 2026. They represent the newest generation of Belgian extreme metal, merging metalcore breakdowns with thrash metal velocity.
Dunfermline death/thrash metal band incorporating diverse musical influences beyond their extreme metal foundation. Their releases The Next Chapter and their self-titled album deliver aggressive riffing tempered by eclectic genre-bending tendencies.
Since 2024, this Dutch thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Leiden. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
French thrash metal band from Uzès in Languedoc, formed in 2025. They deliver blood-shedding thrash from the ancient ducal city of southern France.
Since 2010, this Italian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Varese. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Blood Trail is a thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2022 as a side project by Alex Roque, known from Disorder Of Rage and other Brazilian metal acts. The band released the EP "World Corroded" in April 2022, a tribute to old-school thrash with raw material rooted in 1990s sounds alongside modern production touches. The project operates independently and remains active.
Oslo-based thrash metal unit formed in 2004 by Pete Evil and Faust, delivering relentless old-school thrash with a modern edge. Their high-energy approach draws from the golden era of Bay Area and Teutonic thrash while maintaining a distinctly Norwegian identity.
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