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Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Thrash metal act from the Rendsburg/Kiel area of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, delivering high-speed aggression since 2013. Their name evokes annihilation and disappearance, driving a sound built on relentless thrash intensity.
Thrash metal band from Granada, Andalusia, Spain formed in 2015. They bring tight, aggressive thrash from the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
San Fernando Valley's Extinction have been fusing thrash and death metal since 2020, drawing on Southern California's long relationship with extreme music to produce something that honors both traditions. The Valley's sprawling suburban geography seems to fuel a certain restless, aggressive energy in the bands it produces.
Ventura, California's Extinction Lord have been playing straight-ahead thrash metal since 2015, operating just north of Los Angeles in a coastal community with its own distinct metal identity. Their focus is unapologetically traditional — fast, riff-heavy, and committed to the genre's core values.
Crust punk and thrash metal band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England active since 2015. They deliver raw, politically charged crust-thrash from the industrial north.
Thrash metal band originally from Zakopane in the Polish Tatra Mountains, active since 2016. Their sound channels thrash aggression from Poland's premier highland resort town at the foot of the Tatras.
Thrash/black metal act from Mannheim, Germany, merging thrash velocity with black metal's atmospheric darkness since 2016. Their termination-themed name drives a sound built on the most aggressive elements of both genres.
Norwegian extreme progressive metal pioneers from Bekkestua/Bærum, recognized for precise technical musicianship across five studio albums and two EPs. Their 2005 album The Blueprint Dives earned a Spellemannsprisen nomination for Best Metal Album, and their sound has evolved from technical death metal through progressive death/thrash into alternative rock territory — culminating in the 2025 double LP Burial.
Beaverton, Oregon's Extractor have been grinding out aggressive thrash since 2017, drawing on the crosstown spirit of the Pacific Northwest's underground metal scene. Their sound is rooted in classic thrash mechanics — locked-in riff patterns, velocity, and a no-nonsense approach to heaviness.
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