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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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New York's Elefantkiller blend crossover thrash with straight-up thrash metal into something loud, chaotic, and absurdly fun — the band's name says everything about their commitment to over-the-top heaviness since 2013.
Salinas, California's Elektrix have been churning out meat-and-potatoes thrash metal since 2015, the agricultural heartland of the Central Valley providing an unlikely but appropriate backdrop for no-frills aggression.
A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Abakan-based thrash metal act channels whiplash-inducing tempo shifts and gang vocal outbursts. Active since 2016, pure adrenaline translated into riff form.
Melodic thrash metal act from Stuttgart, Germany, delivering precise, harmony-laden aggression since 2009. Their name, the Greek word for "mercy" or "compassion," provides an ironic counterpoint to their relentless thrash metal assault.
Black, death, and thrash metal band from Athens, Greece formed in 2022. They unleash a triple-headed extreme metal assault from the Greek capital.
When Eliminate emerged in 2011 from Recanati (Macerata), they brought with them a sound rooted in speed metal and thrash metal — all pre-thrash intensity with a melodic edge. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
New Orleans crossover thrash act Elimination have been knocking heads since 2009, bringing the Crescent City's deep-seated aggression to a genre that thrives on speed, chaos, and hardcore-punk intensity.
Thrash metal act from Radevormwald in Germany's Bergisches Land region, delivering high-speed, riff-driven aggression since 2011. Their name captures the relentless, destructive energy of their approach to classic thrash metal.
When Elision of Animus emerged in 2013 from Ílhavo, they brought with them a sound rooted in metalcore, progressive metal, and thrash metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
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