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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Metalcore/death/thrash metal band from Schmalkalden, Germany, formed in 2020. Their genre-spanning approach merges metalcore breakdowns with death and thrash metal aggression from the Thuringian Forest.
Progressive death/thrash metal and hardcore band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2023. Their technically ambitious crossover merges progressive complexity with extreme metal intensity from the university city on the Lahn.
Deathcore act from the Mediterranean city of Alicante, active since 2022. Their visceral sound channels modern extreme metal from Spain's sun-drenched Valencian coast.
Santa Cruz, California's Hunger have been serving up groove-driven thrash with a coastal menace since 2020, built on mid-paced pocket grooves and riff momentum that pulls like an undertow. Thrash by way of the Pacific.
Hunger is a thrash metal band from Indaiatuba, São Paulo, founded by vocalist and guitarist Mauro Izalbert with the intent of pairing politically engaged lyrics with aggressive thrash riffs. The band released their debut full-length Hunger Feeds Misery in 2020, featuring tracks such as "Peace Is in Pieces" and "The Dead Are Not Afraid to Die", produced at Boomer Studio in Indaiatuba. The lineup on that record included Mateus Marini on guitar, Israel Santana on drums, and Tom Wolphy on bass.
Hungry Wölf is a black/thrash metal/punk act from Magnitogorsk, Russia, active since 2013 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Los Angeles heavy metal band Huntress formed around 2007 when vocalist Jill Janus, a trained opera singer with a four-octave range, connected with a local underground metal outfit and built the group into a touring act signed to Napalm Records in 2011. The band released three albums — Spell Eater (2012), Starbound Beast (2013), and Static (2015) — before dissolving, their sound rooted in classic heavy metal with thrash and doom influences. Janus's death in August 2018 marked the definitive end of the project, though the band's records remain a significant document of the early 2010s traditional metal revival.
Hailing from Oulu in Finland, this progressive death/thrash metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2018. Drawing on classic blueprints, they deliver visceral extremity with conviction.
Rooted in Nokia's underground, this melodic death/thrash metal project delivers scorching compositions with conviction since 2017. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
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