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Featured Album
Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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German thrash metal band formed in 2025. They deliver fast, uncompromising thrash metal.
Spanish heavy/thrash metal band from Bilbao, formed in 2018. They deliver hellfire heavy and thrash metal from the Basque industrial heartland.
Livorno-based thrash/stoner metal act active since 2013, fusing thrash metal's riff-driven aggression with stoner metal's fuzz-drenched groove. Their unconventional hybrid delivers both headbanging intensity and heavy, laid-back swagger.
German thrash metal band from the Hermeskeil-Trier area, formed in 2016. They deliver scorching thrash metal from the Hunsrück highlands.
Riga-based heavy/thrash metal outfit active since 2014, combining traditional heavy metal's melodic sensibility with thrash's speed and aggression. Their sound occupies the hard-hitting middle ground between classic metal anthems and thrash metal fury.
Bristol-based thrash metal/metalcore act active since 2010, bridging old-school thrash's riff-driven attack with metalcore's modern dynamics and breakdown-heavy structures. Their sound draws from both traditions with aggressive conviction.
Finnish thrash metal band from Orimattila, active since 2007. With nearly two decades of imperial thrash, they are a veteran of the Häme region scene.
Slovenska Bistrica-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 Slovenian filter.
Since 2017, this Portuguese thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Viana do Castelo. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
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