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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Thrash metal band from Nevers, France, active since 2008. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Nievre capital in central France.
New York City's Cult Dialect carves out a gritty crossroads between death metal, hardcore, and thrash, channeling the borough's street-level aggression into a blunt, punishing hybrid sound. Their approach owes as much to the NYHC tradition of blunt-force riffing as it does to the death and thrash scenes that grew up alongside it.
Death-thrash project from Portugal, formed in 2024. Cult of Alcaeus — named after the ancient Greek poet — channels extreme metal with classical allusions.
Death-thrash act from Almere in Flevoland, formed in 2024. Cult of Carnage brings aggressive extreme metal to the Netherlands' newest province.
Death-thrash metal band from Lamia in central Greece, formed in 2022. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from the Phthiotis region.
Black-thrash metal band from Farnborough, England, active since 2011. They deliver ferocious, riff-driven black-thrash from Hampshire.
Culto Primitivo is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Venado Tuerto, Argentina, formed in 2017. The band — vocalist Atuel, bassist Pol, drummer Matías, and guitarist Nacho — released a self-titled debut album on September 19, 2017, delivering eleven tracks of aggressive crossover-edged thrash from the Argentine interior.
Oakland's Cultural Warfare are Bay Area thrash purists who extend the region's golden-era legacy into the modern era through melodic, powerful songwriting anchored by Jacques Serrano's forceful vocals. Their 2018 debut full-length Warmageddon, produced by Juan Urteaga and released on M-Theory Audio, is a sharp, road-tested declaration of Bay Area allegiance.
Death-thrash band from Västerås, formed in 2018. Culverin — named after a type of cannon — delivers explosive extreme metal from the Mälaren Valley.
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