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Divine (2024)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Self-described 'Russian Crossover Kill Machine' from Saint Petersburg, active since 2013 with rapid-fire releases including Russian Crossover Kill Machine, Smotri Ne Okhuey, and Poezd Smerti. Their 12-track album Poezd Smerti showcases aggressive crossover thrash with Russian-language vocals across a lean 37 minutes.
The Italian city of Treviso serves as headquarters for this heavy metal and thrash metal operation, whose arsenal includes circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion. Speed and precision collide in pit-ready anthems.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal and thrash metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2021, based in Reggio Emilia, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Black/thrash/death metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2017 and merging three extreme metal subgenres into a blistering assault. Their crossfire name captures the multi-directional aggression of their genre-fusing approach.
Groove/thrash metal and crossover hardcore outfit from La Roche-sur-Yon in western France, active since 2015. They merge the pit-ready energy of hardcore punk with the crushing weight of groove and thrash metal.
Devotees of thrash metal, this Portuguese outfit from Porto has been refining their craft since 2016. Their sound hinges on circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion, delivered with punishing consistency.
Krueger is a death/thrash metal band from Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, formed in 1987. The band's lineup has included Adriano Caminha on vocals and guitar, Zé Carlos on bass, and Maurício Mocardo on drums, and they released the full-length "Turn On to Death" in 2001 through Destroyer Records, recorded at Prosound Studio in Campina Grande.
Kruelty is a death/thrash metal band from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band released a live album, "Kruelty Live in Poços de Caldas," in June 2017, featuring nine tracks including a cover of Cannibal Corpse's "Hammer Smashed Face," and later released the "Five Years of Blasphemy" full discography compilation.
Vicious Death / Thrash Metal (early); Thrash Metal / Grindcore (later) from Houston.
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