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Embrio is a thrash metal band from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, with a prolific discography spanning over a decade and a half. The band has released a steady string of full-length albums including Prophets of Doom (2008), Corporation Is a Cancer (2010), Testify (2012), Revolt Against the System (2013), and Karmadoom (2017), establishing themselves as a consistent presence in the Brazilian thrash scene.
Austrian death/thrash/groove metal act from the Gröbming/Liezen area, formed in 2020, combining the aggression of death and thrash metal with groove-driven heaviness. Their crossover approach draws from multiple extreme metal traditions to create a versatile, hard-hitting sound.
Thrash metal and crossover act from Almeria in southeastern Spain, delivering high-speed, punk-infused aggression since 2018. Their biologically referencing name adds a scientific edge to their chaotic crossover thrash.
Crafting their sound since 2015, this Grevenmacher Black Metal, Death Metal, and Thrash Metal outfit delivers tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Their place within a growing underground metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Thrash/death metal band from Barreiro across the Tagus from Lisbon, Portugal active since 2017. Their sound fuses thrash speed with death metal brutality from the industrial south bank of the Lisbon metropolitan area.
Sacramento's Emerther bring Bay Area-adjacent aggression to their thrash, leaning on tight rhythmic attack and a no-nonsense approach to the genre that values speed and precision above all else.
California's Central Coast town of Atascadero is an unlikely birthplace for a death-grind outfit, but Emetic have been operating there since 2012, delivering short, savage blasts of noise that owe as much to grindcore's hardcore roots as to death metal's brutality.
Progressive melodic death metal featuring Nick Brady and Ryan Cullins on guitars with influences ranging from technical death to melodic hooks. Self-released their debut EP in 2013.
This melodic thrash and power metal outfit threads together speed, hook, and epic construction, drawing from European and American metal traditions equally to build a sound that rewards both headbanging and close listening.
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