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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)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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New York's Karnage have been unleashing no-frills thrash since 2013, built on grinding riffs and relentless forward momentum with no stylistic detours to slow them down.
Melodic thrash/death metal band from Funchal, Madeira, active since 2009 and named after the ancient Egyptian temple complex. Their island location in the Atlantic gives them a unique position within Portuguese extreme metal.
Thrash/death metal band from Pau in southwestern France, active since 2008 and delivering nearly two decades of aggressive compositions from the Pyrenean foothills. Their flesh-themed name captures the visceral nature of their sound.
Straddling the line between death metal and thrash metal, this Italian actfrom Novara fuses technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2017, and their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels death metal and thrash metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2011, based in Nässjö, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Industrial/thrash metal band from Dunkirk on France's northern coast, active since 2008 and fusing industrial electronics with thrash aggression. Their nearly two decades of output blend mechanical precision with metal's raw energy.
Berlin metalcore act with thrash metal elements, formed in 2020 and blending the breakdown-driven dynamics of metalcore with thrash's relentless velocity. Their sound represents the capital's modern heavy music scene.
Thrash metal band from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, formed in 2024 and delivering high-velocity riffing and aggressive tempos rooted in the classic thrash tradition. Their sound carries the urgency and intensity of the genre's most relentless practitioners.
Avant-garde/progressive thrash metal and spoken word project from Estonia, formed in 2017 with a name meaning "potato" in Estonian. Their boundary-pushing approach merges thrash aggression with experimental spoken word and progressive structures.
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