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Augusta, Maine's Hellstorm have cultivated a death metal attack since 2010 that draws on the bleakness of New England winters — relentless, punishing, and completely indifferent to comfort. They are one of the more isolated and underrated voices in the northeastern underground.
Stoner/thrash metal band from Neuss, Germany, formed in 2019. Their unusual blend of stoner heaviness and thrash velocity creates a uniquely energetic crossover from the Rhine region.
Thrash metal band from Augsburg, Germany, formed in 2018. Their aggressive riffing and relentless energy deliver classic thrash metal fury from the Bavarian Swabian capital.
Helltripper is a black/thrash metal/punk act from Kaliningrad, Russia, active since 2015 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Phoenix's Hellven have been dealing in desert-baked thrash metal since 2015, the kind of straight-ahead speed and aggression that makes sense when you're living somewhere that tries to kill you with heat alone. Their riffs carry both the urgency and the dryness of the Sonoran landscape.
Hellven is a death/thrash metal band from Itapecerica da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil. The band features a lineup of Edu on vocals and guitar, Kinho on guitar, Welker on bass, and AD on drums, playing aggressive extreme metal rooted in the São Paulo underground scene.
Black/thrash metal and punk act from Bern, Switzerland, formed in 2025. Their volatile cocktail of blackened thrash and punk attitude represents the newest wave of Swiss extreme crossover.
Death/thrash metal band from Moriken-Wildegg, Switzerland, active since 2011. Their punishing mix of death and thrash metal has been a consistent force in the Swiss German-speaking metal underground for over a decade.
Hellvoid is a thrash/death metal band from Ferrara, Italy, formed in 2015. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
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