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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
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Richmond, Virginia's Hoboknife weld black metal's nocturnal hostility to thrash's speed and aggression, cutting through the mid-ground with serrated efficiency. Active since 2013, they belong to a Richmond scene with a long tradition of making extreme metal feel physically threatening.
Heavy metal act from Bordeaux, active since 2006. Two decades of devotion to the gods of metal from France's wine capital have forged a sound steeped in classic heavy metal tradition.
Thunderous Groove Metal from Fort Worth.
Death/thrash metal band from Freising/Munich, Germany, active since 2005. Two decades of devastating death-thrash crossover have cemented their place in the Bavarian extreme metal underground.
Hollow Corp. is a sludge/thrash/death metal band from Colmar, France, formed in 2008. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Metalcore/thrash metal band from Wurzburg, Germany, active since 2015. Their punishing blend of metalcore breakdowns and thrash metal speed delivers intense, pit-ready energy from Franconia.
Hollow Truth is a thrash metal band from Bray, Ireland, active since 2013 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
An uncompromising thrash metal project from Sundsvall, active since 2020. Drawing on both Bay Area and Teutonic thrash, they deliver relentless aggression.
Hollowpoint Damage was a groove/thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2025. The band released the EP Killing Disorder in July 2025, their sole recorded output before splitting up.
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