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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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Death/thrash metal band from Pamplona in Navarre, formed in 2017 and fusing death metal's brutality with thrash's velocity. Their aggressive crossover approach draws energy from the Basque-Navarre underground.
Danish thrash metal band from the rural Djursland peninsula, formed in 2018 and delivering high-speed aggression from the Danish countryside. Their sound channels the relentless energy of classic thrash through a Scandinavian lens.
Thrash metal band from Joensuu in North Karelia, active since 2015 and delivering high-speed aggression from eastern Finland. Their name leaves no ambiguity about their intentions: pure thrash metal attack.
Thrash/groove metal band from Bochum in the Ruhr area, formed in 2017 and fusing thrash's speed with groove metal's rhythmic punch. Their aggressive approach draws energy from the industrial heartland of western Germany.
Thrash metal band from Meaux east of Paris, active since 2009 and delivering over fifteen years of high-speed aggression. Their battlefield name channels the destructive fury of warfare through thrash metal's intensity.
Killing Fields is a thrash metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, with roots going back to 2002. Citing Bay Area old-school thrash as their primary influence, the band re-emerged in 2020 and released the four-track EP When Nuclear Nightmare Turns Real (March 2021), recorded at Invisible Horizons Studio with members Cid Oliveira on vocals, Roberto Phrankson on rhythm guitars and bass, Otávio Magão on lead guitar, and T-Rash on drums. The EP's lyrical themes center on nuclear apocalypse, social collapse, and existential dread.
Thrash metal/crust/hardcore band from Finland, formed in 2021 and fusing thrash's speed with crust punk's raw, politically charged energy. Their wintry name matches the cold, biting intensity of their sound.
Dynamic Metalcore / Groove Metal out of Texas.
Killing Mass was a death/thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, whose sole known release is the 2017 EP Bloody Lands — a five-track recording encompassing both old-school thrash and death metal styles. The band has since split up, leaving Bloody Lands as their only documented output.
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