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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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The Polish city of Poznań serves as headquarters for this groove metal and thrash metal operation, whose arsenal includes circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion. Speed and precision collide in pit-ready anthems.
Madison's Egöth arrived in 2023 writing thrash-inflected death metal with the umlaut marking them as a band not taking themselves entirely seriously — but the music hits with genuine force regardless.
Death/thrash metal act from the medieval Harz mountain town of Goslar, Germany, delivering aggressive crossover extremity since 2006. Named after a grimoire from Lovecraftian fiction, their sound carries an occult undercurrent beneath the thrash and death metal fury.
Thrash/progressive metal act from Esbjerg on Denmark's North Sea coast, blending high-speed aggression with technical complexity since 2013. Their name, referring to perfect photographic memory, reflects a detailed, precise approach to progressive thrash.
Thrash metal band from Grenoble, France active since 2008. They deliver high-energy thrash from the foot of the French Alps.
Practitioners of death metal and thrash metal, this Polish outfit from Białystok has been refining their craft since 2024. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with raw determination.
Heavy metal and thrash band from Kent, England active since 2017. They deliver powerful, riff-driven metal from southeastern England.
Progressive thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia active since 2015. Their Dutch-city name belies Russian origins, delivering thrash metal with progressive complexity from the Moscow metal underground.
Thrash metal band from Athens, Greece active since 2012. They bring fierce Norse-themed thrash from the Greek capital.
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