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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Salt Lake City act fusing melodic death metal sensibilities with thrash aggression and brutal death metal weight. Their sound is fast, hook-laden, and relentlessly intense.
Thrash metal band from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2020. They represent the thrash metal revival in the Bosnian Republika Srpska with aggressive, riff-driven compositions.
Death-thrash metal band from France, active since 2005. They deliver aggressive death-thrash metal with two decades of experience.
Thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore act from Targu Mures formed in 2019, fusing aggressive riffing with punk energy from the heart of Transylvania. Their genre-blending approach channels raw intensity from multiple extreme music traditions.
Austrian speed and thrash metal project born out of the 2020 pandemic lockdowns. Their 'Pandemic Isolation Demo MMXX' channels quarantine frustration into blistering speed metal with hardcore and punk aggression.
Legendary Swiss thrash metal pioneers from Zurich, formed in 1987. One of the most technically innovative bands in thrash history, Coroner pushed the genre's boundaries with progressive and jazz-influenced compositions across seminal albums that remain genre-defining.
Green Lane, Pennsylvania thrash metal band channeling old-school aggression and tight, riff-driven energy. Their sound is rooted in the classic American thrash tradition.
Thrash metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 2024. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the central Ruhr Valley.
Seattle thrash metal band offering sardonic attitude alongside punk-tinged riff ferocity from the Pacific Northwest. Their music keeps things fast, loose, and aggressive.
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