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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Death-thrash metal band from Devon, England, active since 2007. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from the English West Country.
Thrash metal band from Castrillon in Asturias, Spain, active since 2012. They deliver aggressive thrash from the northern Spanish coast.
Viennese thrash metal and metalcore act blending aggressive riffing with hardcore breakdowns. They combine the speed and technicality of thrash with the intensity and structure of modern metalcore.
Blackened thrash act from Warsaw, active since 2011. Cadavra delivers raw, aggressive extreme metal from the Polish capital.
A Fort Worth, Texas band operating since 2005, Caddis blends the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with thrash aggression and progressive structural ambition, giving their sound both muscle and depth.
Cadela Maldita was a thrash metal and crossover hardcore trio from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, drawing influence from DRI, S.O.D., Slayer, and Ratos de Porão. The band released albums including "Fight to Survive" (2006), "First Lesson: Hate" (2011), and "The Universe in a Belly Button" (2013), tackling political and social themes throughout their discography. They completed a European tour spanning Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, and the Czech Republic in 2012 before splitting up in 2018.
Death-thrash band from Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, formed in 2020. Caesura delivers sharp, aggressive extreme metal from Ireland's west coast.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Orahovica, Croatia, formed in 2022. Cageheart channels classic metal energy with sharp riffing and an old-school sensibility.
New Jersey doom/death/thrash metal band from Monmouth County, folding all three of heavy metal's most crushing strains into a single sound since 2017.
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