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St. Louis's Harkonin fuse the venomous attack of black metal with thrash's relentless forward drive, a combination that's been lethal since their 2022 formation. Their music hits with the speed and spite that the blackened thrash tradition demands.
Melbourne thrash metal outfit Harlott formed in 2006, drawing from Bay Area and Teutonic influences to build a sound built around high-tempo aggression and technically precise riffing. The band released a string of independent albums before signing with Metal Blade Records, where they issued Extinction (2017) and Detritus of the Final Age (2020). Their debut trilogy — Origin, Proliferation, and Extinction — established them as one of the more consistent acts in the contemporary Australian thrash scene.
Harma is a death/thrash metal (early); groove metal (later) band from Björklinge, Sweden, formed in 2021. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Heavy/thrash/power metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2020. Their multifaceted approach combines the catchiness of power metal with thrash aggression and heavy metal foundations.
Thrash metal band from Spain, active since 2015. Their aggressive riffing and high-velocity delivery channel the relentless spirit of classic thrash metal.
Portland's Harness emerged in 2020 pulling death and thrash metal into violent collision, favoring the stripped-down brutality that comes from letting two of metal's most aggressive subgenres do what they do best without decoration.
Oakland's Harness take the groove metal template and sharpen it with thrash's velocity, forming a sound that hits hard from multiple angles. Formed in 2020, their approach is about locking into a groove and then driving it relentlessly forward.
Haron is a thrash metal band from Jabłonna, Poland, active since 2021 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Melodic death metal band from Vienna, Austria, featuring the interplay of harsh male vocals and clean female vocals from frontwoman Chiara Francesca Dezi. Their debut album Collapse, produced by guitarist Marco Cudan, showcases intricate songwriting across ten tracks of thrash-tinged melodic death metal.
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