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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Albanian groove and thrash metal outfit from Tirana, active since 1998. Their sound evolved from a groove/thrash/heavy metal hybrid in their early years toward a groove and nu-metal direction in later releases.
Black-thrash metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2024. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with the speed-driven aggression of thrash.
Thrash metal band from Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia, formed in 2019. Crossbreed delivers aggressive thrash from the Styrian hills.
Orange County's Crossfaded merges the grinding momentum of groove metal with thrash's razor-edged speed, delivering a relentless California punch. Their sound is built for the pit, leaning on locked-in rhythms and muscular guitar work.
West Babylon's Crossfire forged a classic Long Island metal sound blending the melodic ambition of power metal with thrash's raw intensity. Active in the New York underground, they brought anthemic riffs and speed to the region's storied metal scene.
Symphonic black-thrash metal band from Alexandroupoli in Thrace, Greece, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Crossover blend symphonic elements with black metal and thrash.
Staten Island's Crotaline blends black metal's icy atmosphere with thrash metal's pummeling forward momentum, a combination that reflects New York City's historically eclectic underground scene. Venomous and aggressive, their sound evokes the serpentine predator in their name.
Progressive heavy-thrash act from Laives near Bolzano in South Tyrol, formed in 2024. Crotalo — Italian for 'rattlesnake' — blends progressive complexity with thrash aggression.
Plaistow, New Hampshire's Crotalus takes a more cerebral approach, weaving progressive metal's compositional ambition into thrash metal's energetic framework. The result is technically sharp and dynamically varied, standing out in the New England underground.
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