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Deathplagued is a death and thrash metal band from the Tyrolean region of Austria — members drawn from Virgen, Ebbs, and Lienz — whose 2009 album Beyond is their primary document. The nine-track record, led by tracks "Dying, Floating, Suffering" and "The Corrosion of the Weak," blends melodic death metal leads with thrash-paced aggression.
Deathraid is a death/thrash metal act from Solbiate Arno in the Varese province, raiding the traditions of both genres for maximum sonic devastation. Their music hammers through thrash's speed and death metal's heaviness with the focused intensity of a targeted assault.
Deathraiser is a thrash metal band from Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil, originally active under the name Mercilless before reforming under their current name and releasing their debut album Violent Aggression in 2011 through Xtreem Music. After a lengthy hiatus, the band returned with their second full-length Forged in Hatred in early 2026, drawing on the late-1980s thrash tradition of Kreator, Sodom, and Sepultura.
Deathrattle plays thrash metal from Bucharest, active since 2015 and delivering the death-rattle sound of the genre's most aggressive wing from Romania's capital. Their name's reference to the final breath carries into compositions that leave nothing alive in their wake.
DeathRaw is a death-thrash metal band from Ayent, Switzerland, formed in 2020 and fusing the relentless speed of thrash with death metal's crushing heaviness. Their name encapsulates the stripped-down ferocity of their musical approach.
Tearing out of Inver Grove Heights since 2012, Minnesota's Deathrider runs on the twin engines of speed and thrash metal, with a sound that leans into the tightly wound riff attack of bands like early Exodus and Whiplash. Cold winters, hot tempos.
Deathrider was a thrash/death metal band from Chillán, Ñuble, Chile that released a self-titled recording in 2018 before splitting up. The band operated within the Chilean underground extreme metal scene during their active years.
Deathrite was a thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2011. The band self-released a self-titled album and later put out the Delirium EP in 2022, building a modest catalog before splitting up.
Deathroll is a death and thrash metal band from Ankara, Turkey, formed in 2013. The project fuses death metal with thrash velocity from the Turkish capital.
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