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Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Largo, Florida's Krunch has been mixing power metal's soaring ambition with thrash metal's angular aggression since 2017. An unusual combination executed from the Gulf Coast, they bring melodic muscle and speed to a region with deep roots in extreme metal.
Krushhammer is a black/thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed in 2019. The quartet — Marcel Krusher (vocals), Nekrolucifer (guitar), Alberth Desecrator (bass), and Philippe Hellish (drums) — debuted with the EP Speed Blacking Hell before releasing their first full-length, Blood, Violence & Blasphemy, in November 2022 through Helldprod Records and Iron Pegasus Records.
Thrash metal band from Oulu, formed in 2024 and delivering high-speed crushing aggression from northern Finland. Their name signals the pulverizing, bone-breaking impact of their thrash metal.
Thrash metal band from Patras, active since 2002, making them one of the longer-running thrash acts in the Greek scene. Their two-decade commitment to thrash metal speaks to both persistence and dedication to the genre's aggressive energy.
Technical thrash metal band from Prague, active since 2013 and delivering intricate, riff-dense compositions with progressive complexity. Their approach layers technical precision over a thrash metal foundation.
Charlotte, North Carolina's Krvsade has been riding the line between death and thrash metal since 2020. Their phonetic name signals an aesthetic stripped of pretense — direct, aggressive, and built on the kind of riff-forward intensity that made both genres essential.
Death/thrash metal band from Nottingham, formed in 2023 and merging death metal's brutality with thrash metal's high-speed attack. Their sound sits at the aggressive crossroads where these two genres collide.
Melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Sant Cugat del Valles near Barcelona, formed in 2022 and blending multiple aggressive styles. Their versatile approach draws from the full spectrum of modern extreme metal.
Baltimore death/thrash metal outfit Kryptic has been crafting their brand of muscular, riff-driven extremity since 2014. Drawing on the mid-Atlantic's historically strong metal tradition, they split the difference between thrash's velocity and death metal's crushing weight with practiced efficiency.
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