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Metanol is a thrash metal and punk act from the central Polish city of Piotrków Trybunalski, active since 2019. The band channels the volatile, flammable energy of their chemical name into aggressive compositions.
New York's Metanoya arrived in 2022 bridging the gap between old-school heavy metal and thrash, a combination that gives their music both melodic accessibility and aggressive bite. Their sound suggests a band steeped in the classic NWOBHM and early American thrash traditions, filtered through a modern underground sensibility. A newly formed act, they are already carving out a presence in a New York scene with no shortage of serious competition.
Metaroth is a thrash/death metal band from Bursa, Turkey, formed in 2020. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Metastasi is a thrash metal act from the Paduan town of Piazzola sul Brenta, active since 2019. The band channels the aggressive spread suggested by their medical name into relentless thrash compositions.
Metastasis is a death/thrash metal band from Quilpué, Valparaíso, Chile, formed in 2006 by Gabriel Quinteros and Eduardo Madariaga, whose name was suggested by a friend who had battled cancer as a reflection of the band's death-themed subject matter. Their discography spans the 2011 compilation From the Snow the Executioner Rises Again (Suffering Jesus Production), the 2014 full-length The Essence That Precedes Death, and the 2024 album Fatal Morphosis, recorded at Vardager Records in Quilpué.
Metatron is a melodic death and thrash metal band from Ilford, England, formed in 2014. They blend melodic death metal's harmonic sweep with thrash's velocity.
Houston's Metavenge have been tearing through the Texas thrash underground since 2012, distinguishing themselves with a melodic edge that sets them apart from the more blunt-force acts in the scene. Metal-Archives tags them as melodic thrash, and that precision shows in their songwriting — leads that soar over groove-locked rhythms, arrangements that breathe without losing intensity. They are a reliable fixture of the Houston metal circuit, building a catalog that rewards listeners who want thrash with craft behind it.
A death/thrash metal band formed in 1988 in Dampremy, Hainaut, Belgium, featuring a multi-piece lineup including vocalist Serge Natalizio and guitarist Dan Vandeplas. They recorded the demo 'Vision of Terror' in 1989, representing Wallonia's early extreme metal underground before the band's dissolution in the early 1990s.
Meteor is a heavy and thrash metal band from Le Poiré-sur-Vie, France, formed in 2015. They fuse classic heavy metal with thrash's aggressive momentum.
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