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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Siemiatycze-based death metal and thrash metal act, active since 2015 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Emerging from Medvyn, this Ukrainian act forges Black Metal and Thrash Metal built on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.
Progressive thrash/death metal band from Nimes, active since 2016 and named with a Breton phrase meaning "blind division." Their technically ambitious approach merges progressive structures with extreme metal's aggression.
Polish thrash metal act, active since 2023 delivering palm-muted barrages and speed-freak intensity. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, their riffs arrive at terminal velocity with zero tolerance for filler.
Thrash metal band from Rennes in Brittany, active since 2012 and delivering over a decade of high-speed aggression from northwestern France. Their Dutch-derived name meaning "crows" adds a dark, corvid imagery to their Breton thrash.
When Kraanston emerged in 2016 from Turin, they brought with them a sound rooted in sludge metal and thrash metal — all Southern-fried heaviness with hardcore punk's confrontational energy. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
A product of the Netherlands' punishingly heavy metal scene, this Groningen-based thrash metal act channels mosh-pit-inducing aggression with tightly wound precision. Active since 2024, the tempo rarely drops below neck-breaking speed.
Death/thrash metal outfit from Saint-Quentin in northern France, formed in 2019 and merging thrash velocity with death metal ferocity. The band channels classic crossover aggression filtered through a modern French extreme metal lens.
A product of a scene with deep roots in the former Czechoslovak underground, this Turzovka-based thrash metal act channels whiplash-inducing tempo shifts and gang vocal outbursts. Active since 2012, pure adrenaline translated into riff form.
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