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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Thrash metal and metalcore act from Germany, formed in 2025, merging thrash velocity with metalcore's rhythmic intensity. Their concise name reflects a stripped-down, no-frills approach to aggressive metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Bayonne in the French Basque Country, formed in 2022. They deliver fierce extreme metal from the southwestern frontier.
Practitioners of death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash metal, this Turkish outfit from İzmir has been refining their craft since 2025. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with absolute focus.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels groove metal and thrash metal with a focus on crossover-tinged fury with punk's directness and metal's complexity. Formed in 2016, based in Volzhsky, their approach channels the urgency of early Metallica and Slayer.
Melodic thrash metal act from Dortmund in Germany's Ruhr Valley, formed in 2021. Their archaic German name, meaning "arch enemy," drives a sound that blends melodic precision with thrash metal's relentless aggression.
In existence since 2014, this Sneek Thrash Metal outfit delivers crossover-tinged fury with punk's directness and metal's complexity. Their place within Holland's dense concentration of metal talent speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Thrash metal act from Oeventrop in Germany's Sauerland region, formed in 2021, delivering aggressive, riff-driven compositions. Their name captures the intensifying, building energy of their thrash metal assault.
Escrotos is a thrashcore band from Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, formed in 2016 and drawing influence from acts like Ratos de Porão, Municipal Waste, and Suicidal Tendencies. The band released their debut EP "SISTEMA" in 2017 through Caverna Produções, delivering aggressive riffs and lyrics that address contemporary social issues. They followed up with the full-length "Vivendo em Agonia," continuing their blend of thrash metal and hardcore.
In existence since 2023, this Pordenone Black Metal, Death Metal, and Thrash Metal outfit delivers tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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