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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Saint Paul's Daigoro tear through the intersection of death metal brutality and grindcore velocity with thrash-sharpened riffs that refuse to let up. Formed in 2017, they bring a frantic, no-frills aggression to the Twin Cities underground.
Daily Insanity is a heavy/thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver hard-hitting thrash with the weight of classic heavy metal.
Damage is a thrash metal band from Styria, Austria, releasing music under the Bandcamp handle braindamagedub. They play a stripped-down, riff-heavy brand of thrash informed by the genre's 1980s Teutonic and Bay Area roots.
Damage Case is a melodic thrash metal band from Hanau, Germany, formed in 2015. They combine the ferocity of thrash with strong melodic hooks and memorable riffing.
Sacramento's Damage over Time launched in 2024 with a sound built on the groove-locked swing of Pantera-era groove metal fused with thrash's relentless forward drive. A promising new entry in the California heavy metal underground.
Damage Perfector is a thrash metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2021. They deliver perfected thrash destruction from France's third city.
Damage Reconstruct is a Viennese heavy and thrash metal band whose releases — including World in Ashes (2023) and Toxic (2024) — blend groove-driven riffing with melodic hooks common to the European heavy metal tradition. The band has also released live recordings, suggesting an active presence on the Austrian club circuit.
Damage Source is a death/thrash metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2007. Their aggressive output including "Aeons of Nothingness" and the "Come Heresy" demo delivers punishing death/thrash with relentless intensity.
Damage(D)one is a thrash metal band from the Flieden/Kassel area of Germany, formed in 2016. They play tight, aggressive thrash rooted in the genre's classic German tradition.
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