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Linköping death/thrash metal act active since 2000, representing one of the city's longest-running extreme metal presences. Their quarter-century of aggressive riffing speaks to an enduring commitment to extreme music.
Cleveland death-thrash band fusing the brutality of death metal with the speed and aggression of classic thrash. Their Ohio roots lend a blue-collar, no-frills heaviness to their music.
Melodic black-thrash act from Woerden, Utrecht province, active since 2012. Corpsecandle weaves melodic hooks into blackened thrash from central Netherlands.
Black-thrash metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2020. They fuse the icy atmosphere of black metal with the breakneck speed and riffing of thrash.
Corpsehammer is a Chile/Sweden collaborative death/black/thrash metal project based in Dalarna, Sweden, featuring members from Swedish black metal band Omnizide alongside Chilean collaborators. The band issued three EPs in rapid succession — "Sacrilegio" (2017), "Posesión" (2017), and "Perversión" (2018), all as limited cassette runs — before consolidating them into the compilation "Sign of the Corpsehammer" (2019) and releasing their debut full-length "Metal de la muerte" via Bestial Invasion Records the same year, a record drawing heavily from Hellhammer, Sarcófago, Celtic Frost, and Darkthrone.
Heavy thrash metal act from Hungary, active since 2018. Corpsetaker delivers sharp, aggressive riffing rooted in classic thrash traditions.
Corpsy is a death/thrash metal band from Itabaianinha, Sergipe, Brazil, formed in 2022 and currently active as an independent act. The band operates within the extreme metal underground of northeastern Brazil.
Thrash metal veterans from Berg, Switzerland, active since 1994. With three decades of history, Corpus Delicti are among the longest-running Swiss thrash acts, delivering consistent aggression and intensity.
Black-thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse the icy darkness of black metal with the speed-driven aggression of thrash.
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