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Greenville, South Carolina's Mindphaser deliver a grinding blend of thrash and groove metal built on percussive mid-tempo riffs and a punishing low-register attack that has been a fixture of the Upstate metal scene since 2015.
Operating from the central Finnish cities of Jyväskylä and Äänekoski, Mindration delivers thrash metal with the kind of tight, precise execution that reflects Finland's strong tradition in extreme music. Active since 2014, the band favors speed and aggression.
Hailing from Woodstock, Illinois, Mindscar fuse the melodic ambition of power metal with the aggressive momentum of thrash, a combination that keeps their sound both anthemic and sharp-edged since their formation in 2015.
A speed and thrash metal act from the Welsh university town of Aberystwyth, Mindset has been delivering high-velocity metal since 2019. The band brings aggressive thrash to one of the most unlikely locations in the UK metal underground.
Mindslip is a death/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2012. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Mindsurfer is a thrash metal act from Oxfordshire, active since 2018. The band delivers precision thrash from the English heartland with a sound that balances aggressive riffing with progressive leanings.
Mindtaker is a thrash metal act from the Alentejo city of Évora, active since 2015. The band delivers aggressive thrash from the sun-baked plains of southern Portugal.
Mindthreat is a melodic death, thrash metal, and metalcore band from Athens, Greece. They blend melodic death metal with thrash and metalcore in a versatile extreme metal assault.
Mindwork is a progressive death metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, active since 2007, whose albums have twice been nominated for best hard and heavy record in the country. They have shared stages with Cynic, Suffocation, and Nocturnus, and their discography from "Into The Swirl" (2009) through "Deadly Narrow Line" (2024) showcases technically demanding, compositionally ambitious extreme metal.
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