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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Thrash metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2021. Their chaotic, high-speed thrash channels frenzied energy from the Danish capital.
Hectorite is a death/thrash metal band from Sundsvall, Sweden, formed in 2019. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Hedles is a thrash metal band from Lviv, Ukraine, active since 1993 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Thrash metal band from Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, active since 2012. Their aggressive thrash sound cuts through from one of Germany's sunniest cities at the edge of the Black Forest.
Heksen is a death/thrash metal band from Argelès-sur-Mer, France, formed in 2009. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
A savage thrash metal entity from Gdynia, contributing to the polish underground since 2019. Riff-driven fury and tight rhythmic execution define their contributions.
Thrash metal band from Freiberg, Germany, active since 2015. Their aggressive thrash channels the relentless energy of the genre from the historic mining town of Saxony.
Hell Bound is a thrash metal band from Novosibirsk, Russia, active since 2021 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Green Bay's Hell Hound tears through thrash metal with hardcore's blunt-force directness, making for a brawling hybrid that leaves little room to breathe. Active since 2015, they play fast, short, and mean — no filler, no apologies.
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