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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Welsh thrash metal and crust punk band from Bridgend, merging thrash speed with crust's raw punk energy since 2008. Their nearly two decades of activity mark them as veterans of the Welsh extreme scene.
San Antonio's Life Cycles crash hardcore's urgency headlong into crossover thrash's pit-wrecking rhythms, keeping the Alamo City's extreme scene loud and unruly since 2015.
Life in Grave is a thrash/crossover hardcore band from Ceilândia, in Brazil's Federal District, formed around 2019–2020 by André Sodom. The band released the debut EP "Graveweed" in 2020 and later appeared on the four-way split "Play Fast Ride Easy", delivering Sodom and Kreator-influenced riffs alongside themes of death and counterculture.
Fort Worth's Life of Scars have been tearing through death-thrash hybrids since 2018, their music carrying the hard-edged industrial grit of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex's working underground.
Thrash/alternative metal and hardcore act from Ypres, Belgium, delivering a crossover assault of thrash aggression and hardcore intensity since 2008. Their sound bridges the gap between mosh-ready hardcore punk and technical metal riffing.
London-based death/thrash metal band formed in 2016, combining death metal's heaviness with thrash's velocity. Their sound channels the combined aggression of both genres through precise, relentless performances.
Belgian death/thrash/groove metal band from Meeuwen/Bocholt, forging a triple-threat assault of styles since 2017. Their sound draws from the aggressive intersection of death metal intensity, thrash velocity, and groove-heavy breakdowns.
Lipthopia is a thrash metal band from Medellín, Colombia, originally formed in 1992 and active through 1996 before reuniting in 2017. The band recorded the demo "Una nueva oración" (1994) and their debut full-length "Trash Symphony" (1996), then returned decades later with the full-length "Condición anormal" in 2023.
Danish heavy/thrash metal act active since 1996, making them one of Denmark's longer-running metal bands. Their three decades of commitment span the evolution of Scandinavian heavy and thrash metal.
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