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Heavy metal, speed metal, and thrash band from Pamplona, Navarra, Spain active since 2013. Their discography includes the 2016 album Witchcraft, eight tracks of relentless speed metal with a Basque-language closing track.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this death metal and thrash metal act from Pescara traffics in labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Since 2013, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
Thrash/death metal act from Denmark, freshly formed in 2025. Their villainous name drives a sound built on the aggressive crossover of thrash speed and death metal brutality.
Philadelphia's Evil Nations is among the newest acts on this list, forming in 2024 with a ferocious blend of thrash, death metal, and crossover. In a city with one of the East Coast's most historically combative underground scenes, they arrive fully formed and pointed directly at the pit.
Thrash metal veterans from Murcia, Spain, active since 2001. With over two decades of dedication, they are among the longest-running thrash acts in the Murcian underground.
Gothic metal and thrash metal band from Cergy near Paris, France formed in 2017. They fuse gothic atmospherics with thrash aggression from the northern suburbs of the French capital.
Wielding thrash metal as their weapon, this British outfit from Belfast has been refining their craft since 2016. Their sound hinges on circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion, delivered with ruthless intent.
Thrash metal act from Germany, delivering high-speed, ritual-fueled aggression since 2011. Their name suggests dark ceremonies and malevolent practices, driving a sound rooted in classic thrash metal fury.
When Evil Scarecrow emerged in 2006 from Nottingham, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and thrash metal — all frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
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