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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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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Thrash metal band from Villeurbanne in the Lyon metropolitan area, formed in 2018. They deliver high-energy thrash rooted in the classic European tradition of speed and aggression.
Valdobbiadene (Treviso)-based melodic death/thrash metal act active since 2020, combining the aggression of both genres with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their sound bridges the gap between Gothenburg-style melody and thrash metal's riff-driven intensity.
Long-running thrash/death metal act from Campbon in western France, active since 2003. Over two decades they have honed a crossover sound blending thrash metal's velocity with death metal's heaviness.
Spanish thrash metal and crossover band from Lleida in Catalonia, formed in 2011. They play fast, punk-infused crossover thrash from the Catalan interior.
German thrash metal band from Berlin, formed in 2020. They play fast, bloody thrash metal from the capital's thriving underground.
Thrash metal outfit from England, formed in 2025. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Death/thrash outfit from Malmköping, formed in 2023. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Progressive and thrash metal band from St. Ursen, Switzerland, active since 2014. They merge progressive complexity with thrash metal's urgency.
Braincrusher is a crossover thrash band from Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2015. The band recorded their debut release "Mosh Crush Your Brain" live at the Válvula 9 studio in Rio Claro in August 2015, blending hardcore punk energy with thrash metal riffs, and followed it with the EP "Pátria Falida" in 2017 before going on hold.
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