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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Thrash metal band from Sotkamo, Finland active since 2010. They deliver fierce thrash from the Kainuu region of eastern Finland.
Moscow-based crust punk and thrash metal act, active since 2022 delivering palm-muted barrages and speed-freak intensity. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, their riffs arrive at terminal velocity with zero tolerance for filler.
Lublin-based death metal and thrash metal act, active since 2018 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Thrash metal act from Hamburg, Germany, delivering explosive, high-speed aggression since 2013. Their violently evocative name captures the destructive energy of their no-holds-barred thrash approach.
Ferocious Thrash Metal from Houston.
Exkil is a thrash metal quartet from Piracicaba, São Paulo, composed of Daniel Ferrante on vocals and guitar, Gabriel Bunho on guitar, Evandro Tapia on bass, and Evandro Kandalaft on drums. The band debuted with the EP Between Death and Chaos in 2022, followed by the full-length album Violence Prevails in June 2025, which features guest vocals from Marcello Pompeu of Korzus.
Death/thrash metal band from Tomblaine near Nancy, France with origins dating to 1992. They are among the longest-running extreme metal acts in the Lorraine region.
A product of a scene with deep roots in the former Czechoslovak underground, this Michalovce-based death metal and thrash metal act channels punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Active since 2007, primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Orzesze/Żory-based heavy metal and thrash metal act, active since 2018 delivering Bay Area velocity married to Teutonic heaviness. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, circle-pit fuel delivered with workmanlike consistency.
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