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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Venomous Black Metal out of Texas.
Death/thrash metal act from Kiel in northern Germany, formed in 2023, merging the brutality of death metal with thrash velocity. Their phobia-referencing name adds a psychological edge to their aggressive crossover sound.
A product of the tiny nation at the crossroads of Germanic and Slavic metal, this Nova Gorica-based death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2021, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Los Angeles progressive metal outfit Event Horizon brings the sprawling ambition of the genre to one of California's most competitive metal scenes since their 2020 formation. Their name, borrowed from the point of no return at a black hole's boundary, sets the tone for music that pursues the threshold between accessibility and the abyss.
Death/thrash metal act from Osnabruck in Lower Saxony, Germany, delivering aggressive crossover extremity since 2009. Their Latin-derived name, meaning "outcome" or "event," lends a fatalistic quality to their relentless metal.
Thrash metal band from Montpellier, France active since 2013. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the Languedoc coast.
Drawing from Agrigento's musical fabric, this Italian act forges Groove Metal, Power Metal, and Thrash Metal built on galloping rhythms and shredding leads that recall metal's golden age. Razor-edged guitar tone and barked vocals recall thrash's golden era.
Crossover thrash band from Orihuela in Alicante province, Spain, active since 2012. They deliver fast, aggressive crossover thrash from southeastern Spain.
Chicago death/thrash outfit Everything Must Die has been doing exactly what the name promises since 2013, tearing through Illinois' storied metal underground with the crossbred fury of two of extreme metal's most unforgiving subgenres. Theirs is the kind of band that exists at the intersection of cerebral and brutal, the city's industrial backbone audible in every riff.
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