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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Portsmouth-based outfit that evolved from melodic death/thrash roots into a technical death metal powerhouse across three albums since 2007. Winners of the 2009 Metal to the Masses competition at Bloodstock, their recordings at 16th Cellar Studios in Rome earned praise from Terrorizer for their technical fury.
Thrash metal outfit from Lunde, formed in 2021. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Słupsk-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2014, 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.
Thrash metal outfit from Limburg, formed in 2018. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Industrial, doom, and thrash metal hybrid from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2014. They forge an unusual fusion of industrial harshness, doom's weight, and thrash metal's aggression.
Rostov-on-Don-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.
Spanish thrash metal band from Valencia, active since 1999. With over a quarter century of thrash, they are one of Valencia's most enduring metal acts.
Thrash metal band from Liege, Belgium, formed in 2025. A brand-new thrash act bringing high-energy aggression from the Wallonian region.
German thrash metal band from Bünde in Westphalia, formed in 2022. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash metal from the eastern reaches of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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