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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Since 2014, this Italian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Bari. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Since 2016, this Swedish thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Stockholm. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Lizzanello (Lecce)-based thrash metal act active since 2024, 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 Italian filter.
Since 2016, this Polish thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Kraków. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Burnt by the Sun formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1999, founded by drummer Dave Witte (ex-Human Remains) and guitarist John Adubato, combining metalcore density with thrash aggression and flashes of dark humor. Signed to Relapse Records, the band released three studio albums — Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution (2002), The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good (2003), and Heart of Darkness — before disbanding in 2011. Their approach to extreme metal was considered influential in bridging hardcore and thrash.
Spanish crossover/thrash metal band from El Prat de Llobregat near Barcelona. They play fast crossover thrash from the Catalan industrial outskirts.
Thrash metal band from Le Barp near Bordeaux, active since 2013. A decade-deep outfit delivering aggressive thrash rooted in the classic European tradition.
Thrash and death metal band from Huy, Belgium, formed in 2024. They represent a new eruption of extreme metal aggression from the Wallonian underground.
Spanish thrash metal band from Madrid, formed in 2021. They deliver high-energy thrash metal from the Spanish capital.
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