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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Groove-thrash metal band from Pockau in the Erzgebirge, Germany, formed in 2016. They blend heavy grooves with thrash aggression from the Saxon mountain region.
Tampa's Cold Steel emerged from Florida's hardcore and thrash crossover scene, bringing the pit mentality of hardcore crashing into the riff-forward intensity of thrash — fast, mean, and built for live destruction.
Richmond, Virginia's Cold Touch blends hardcore's confrontational energy with thrash metal's technical rigor, part of a Richmond underground that has long punched far above its population weight in extreme music.
Bergen County, New Jersey's Cold-Blooded Capitol plays groove-infused thrash that inherits the dense riffing legacy of the New York/New Jersey metro scene while leaning into the stomping rhythms that defined groove metal's peak.
Thrash metal band from London, formed in 2015. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the English capital.
Thrash metal band from Bonn, Germany, active since 2013. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the former West German capital.
Long Island's Coldsteel brought East Coast thrash fury out of East Patchogue in the late 80s and early 90s, a hard-edged outfit from the same suburban metal seedbed that produced several of New York thrash's more underrated acts.
Coliseum is a black/death/thrash metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The band operates as an independent act within Salvador's extreme metal underground, combining elements of black metal, death metal, and thrash into their sound.
Newbury Park, California's Collapse operates in the scrappy Southern California crossover tradition — thrash riffing, crust punk rawness, and hardcore urgency colliding in a sound built for back-alley shows and sweaty basements.
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