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Metrayer is a thrash metal band from Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, characterized by aggressive 1980s-influenced old school thrash. Their 2014 debut EP 'Under a Decayed Nation' was limited to 300 CD copies and features five tracks of pure thrash recorded and mastered by Luis de Sousa.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Metrix have been delivering straightforward, hook-driven thrash metal since 2017, operating in a part of the country whose metal underground often flies beneath the radar of coastal tastemakers. Their approach is unpretentious and direct — riffs locked in, tempos elevated, the emphasis firmly on songs that move. They are a testament to the fact that the thrash tradition is alive and well in small cities far from the scenes that birthed the genre.
Mexican Painkiller is a band from Manchester, England, formed in 2023, having evolved from hard rock and punk into thrash metal. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with punk's raw energy.
A thrash metal act from Nyköping with roots stretching back to 1990, Mezzrow is one of Sweden's veteran thrash bands. The band has delivered decades of aggressive, technically proficient thrash metal.
MG66 is a thrash 'n' roll act from the Trentino mountain town of Cavalese, active since 2017. The band delivers loose, groove-infused thrash from the Dolomites.
Michel Garrido is a Santiago-based musician best known as the longtime lead guitarist of Chilean extreme metal band Necrodead. His solo work blends rock, post-metal, and folk influences, with releases including his debut album Bahual (2009) and the Australis Records-distributed Güiña (2021), the latter recorded across studios in Chile and Argentina during the country's social unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic.
A thrash metal act from Belfast in Northern Ireland, Microtonal emerged in 2025 with an unusual name that hints at experimental leanings within a thrash framework. The band brings aggressive metal to Belfast's small but dedicated extreme music scene.
San Jose's Mid-Evil have been honing a Bay Area-rooted thrash attack since 2021, drawing directly from the region's legendary thrash tradition with tight, aggressive riffing and an old-school intensity. They carry the torch of a style that Silicon Valley once helped define, updating it with the energy of a modern band that grew up worshipping those records.
Lakewood, Ohio's Midevil blends heavy metal's melodic instincts with thrash's propulsive aggression, a combination the band has been refining since 2018. Their dual-genre approach gives them a range that lets them drive hard with speed when the moment calls for it and pull back into more classic heavy metal territory when the song demands it.
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