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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Tempe, Arizona's Eye Rake formed in 2016 with one foot in thrash and one in the reckless energy of crossover, a combination well-suited to the desert heat of the Phoenix metro. Their music hits with the blunt efficiency of early DRI and Wehrmacht — fast, nasty, and entirely uninterested in subtlety.
Thrash metal band from Lisbon, Portugal active since 2017. Their sound delivers classic thrash metal aggression from the Portuguese capital.
Roman death/thrash metal band whose 2013 Prosthetic Records debut Drones of the Awakening was hailed as representing the next wave of Italian extreme metal. The eleven-track, 48-minute album delivers blistering technical precision across tracks like "Rise of the Orgamechanism" and "Dawn of the Promethean Artilect."
Thrash metal band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2023. They add youthful thrash aggression to Barcelona's ever-expanding metal scene.
A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Moscow-based crossover thrash and thrash metal act channels punk-metal hybrid fury at maximum intensity. Active since 2019, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Thrash/death metal and metalcore hybrid from Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany, blending three aggressive styles since 2015. Their discomfort-evoking name captures the harsh, unpleasant intensity of their genre-crossing approach.
Progressive metal and thrash band from Rouen in Normandy, France active since 2014. They blend technical prog complexity with thrash aggression from the Seine-Maritime capital.
Formed in 2018, this Zlaté Moravce Thrash Metal outfit delivers breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Their place within Slovakia's Central European metal enclave speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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