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Crossover thrash band from Legazpi in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2024. They bring youthful crossover fury from the mountainous Basque interior.
Crossover thrash band from Olot in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain, active since 2014. They deliver fast, punk-infused thrash from the volcanic Garrotxa region.
Thrash metal band from Siebnen, Switzerland, delivering high-speed, riff-driven aggression since 2015. Their relentless approach channels classic thrash energy from the Swiss German-speaking heartland.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels groove metal, metalcore, and thrash metal with a focus on breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Formed in 2020, based in Milan, every track is a masterclass in controlled chaos and kinetic energy.
Seattle's Expiration Date have been melding melodic death metal with thrash metal since 2016, drawing on both the city's experimental spirit and the northern European melodic death tradition. Their sound balances memorable melodic hooks against the technical drive and tempo of the thrash backbone beneath them.
Death/thrash metal act from Troisdorf near Bonn, Germany, delivering aggressive crossover extremity since 2009. Their name captures the finality and cessation that drives their relentless metal assault.
Drawing from Milan's musical fabric, this Italian act forges Thrash Metal built on circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion. Speed and precision collide in pit-ready anthems.
Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Koprivnica, Croatia with roots dating to 1996. They are among the longest-running extreme metal acts in the Croatian north.
Rochester's Explicit Death have been thrashing since 2018, representing the kind of straight-ahead, no-apologies New York metal that the state's upstate cities have quietly sustained for decades. Their Bandcamp handle adds "noise" to the equation, suggesting an abrasive edge beyond standard thrash convention.
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