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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Imp is a thrash metal band from Muhumaa island, Estonia, formed in 2020, delivering high-speed thrash from one of the Baltic's most remote islands. The band channels the isolation of their island setting into focused, aggressive thrash metal.
Thrash metal band from Lorient in Brittany, active since 2016. Their name channels thrash metal urgency from the Atlantic port city.
Impactor is a thrash metal band from the Simmern/Rhein-Hunsruck region of Germany, formed in 2018, delivering high-velocity thrash from the wooded highlands of the Hunsruck. The band channels classic Teutonic thrash energy through a modern lens.
Rochester's Impalement channels progressive metal's technical ambition through a thrash metal lens, resulting in compositions that sprawl and mutate without ever sacrificing aggression.
Austin hardcore punk. Raging fast punk with a metallic edge.
Impatto is a thrash/heavy metal band from Chioggia (Venice), Italy, active since 2024 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Impending Doom is a black/death/thrash metal band from the Weida/Rockendorf area of Thuringia, Germany, active since 2012, wielding a three-pronged attack that draws from black, death, and thrash metal simultaneously. The band merges the cold aggression of black metal with death-thrash velocity from the forests of eastern Thuringia.
Imperfecta is a heavy/thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, whose concept was developed by guitarist Nilmon Filho over more than a decade before the official debut in 2021. The band released their debut album "Broken Humanity" in 2021, marking the formal arrival of a project long in gestation. Their music channels classic thrash metal aggression within the vibrant Rio de Janeiro heavy metal scene.
Thrash metal band from La Rochelle on France's Atlantic coast, formed in 2019. Their sound delivers thrash aggression from the historic Charente-Maritime port.
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