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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Doomsters is a thrash metal band from Pilsen, Czech Republic, formed in 2015. They deliver hard-hitting thrash with tight riffing and an aggressive edge.
Doppelganger is a thrash metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, active since 2008. The band deliver straight-ahead thrash metal rooted in the aggressive riffing traditions of the genre.
Dorris.De is a heavy/thrash metal band with hardcore influences from Frankfurt (Oder) on the Polish border, active since 2010. Their unusual name — complete with internet domain suffix — pairs oddly with a sound rooted in aggressive, no-frills thrash that draws energy from the hardcore scene.
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Dorylus is a melodic groove, death, and thrash metal band from Stevenage, England, formed in 2015. Their releases include the Mirrors EP and the album The Rapture, blending melodic hooks with the aggression of death-thrash and groove metal.
Dosis Exakta is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2015. Their debut album, released that same year, features eight tracks of aggressive street-level metal drawing on both thrash and hardcore punk traditions.
Double-Wide is a southern metal band from Armagh and Coleraine in Northern Ireland, formed in 2010 with a deep blues influence and low-tuned, groove-heavy sound inspired by Crowbar, Down, and Corrosion of Conformity. Their albums 18 Wheels of Misery (2010) and Heavy Oil (2012) showcase their riff-forward, bottom-end-driven approach to southern sludge.
Doupov is a thrash metal band from Klášterec nad Ohří, Czech Republic, formed in 2021. Calling themselves a "Historical Thrash Metal Commando," their album "Duše hor" channels Czech regional history and folklore through aggressive thrash riffing.
Dove plays thrash metal from Porto, active since 2014 and delivering a dove's-eye view of destruction — peace's symbol weaponized through aggressive riffing. Their ironic name subverts expectations, packaging thrash's violence beneath an image of tranquility.
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