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Explicit Hate is a thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, rooted in the classic Brazilian thrash sound of the late 1980s. The project was revived with a new lineup and released the compilation "A View of Every Side" in 2012 through Marquee Records, gathering demos from 1986, 1987, and 1991 alongside their 1989 album and a 2009 promo tape.
Rotterdam-based thrash metal act, active since 2016 delivering palm-muted barrages and speed-freak intensity. Rooted in a country that punches well above its weight in extreme metal, their riffs arrive at terminal velocity with zero tolerance for filler.
Dallas thrash outfit Exploder have been at it since 2015, delivering the genre's classic hallmarks — speed, aggression, and riff-first songwriting — with a Texas directness that suits the form well. The DFW underground has always had a taste for uncompromising metal, and Exploder fit that tradition to a T.
Thrash metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2022. They deliver explosive thrash from northern Greece.
Løten, Norway — groove metal and thrash metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2007, they deal in whiplash-inducing tempo shifts and gang vocal outbursts. Pure adrenaline translated into riff form.
Expulser is a death/thrash metal band from Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, originally formed in 1989 and regarded as a cult act in the Brazilian underground extreme metal scene. Their debut album "The Unholy One" was released in 1992 on Cogumelo Records and has since been reissued multiple times; after disbanding in 2004, the band was reformed by original bassist Alessandro Lima in 2015 and has remained active since.
Geneseo, Illinois' Expulsion have been playing thrash metal since 2017 from one of the American Midwest's smaller college towns, demonstrating that the genre's DIY ethos takes root just as well in rural Illinois as in any major city. Their Bandcamp handle curiously references grind, suggesting a harder edge beneath the thrash foundation.
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Exscidium is a thrash metal band from Bahía Blanca, Argentina, with a lineup that includes vocalist and guitarist Carlos Orlando and guitarist Nicolas Amestoy. The band released the full-length América Rapiña in 2015 and the EP Genealogía Del Miedo in 2021, the latter featuring tracks such as "Aporías" and "Gusanos". They also appeared on the Thrash S.A. compilation series, which documented the Argentine thrash underground.
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