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Northern Doom is a death/thrash/groove metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2022. Their sound fuses the aggression of thrash and death metal with the heavy, rhythmic punch of groove metal.
Groningen thrash metal and hardcore act formed in 2018, fusing aggressive riffing with hardcore punk energy from the northern Netherlands. Their crossover approach channels the confrontational spirit of both traditions.
Norwalk is a progressive thrash metal band from Voiron, France, active for over a decade, drawing influence from Metallica, Megadeth, and Pantera. Their 2025 album Psycho Mirror delivers eight tracks of expansive, psychologically themed thrash metal with compositions stretching to nearly ten minutes.
Nosebleed is a metalcore/thrash metal band from the Burgdorf-Hanover area of Lower Saxony, active since 2015. The band fuses metalcore breakdowns with thrash intensity from the greater Hanover metropolitan area.
Nosferatu is a thrash metal band from Laufenburg on the Swiss border in Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2018. Named after the iconic vampire, the band brings bloodthirsty thrash to the upper Rhine valley.
Murrieta's Nostalgia have been carrying the heavy/thrash torch since 2004, delivering a sound rooted in the classic American metal tradition — crunching riffs, hooky choruses, and an energy that nods to the genre's glory days without feeling like a museum piece. Two decades into their run, they represent Southern California's persistent underground drive to keep classic metal alive and uncompromising.
Mean Groove Metal out of Texas.
Enschede death/thrash metal act formed in 2011, delivering aggressive riffing from the Overijssel border city. Their dual-genre assault channels both death metal brutality and thrash velocity.
Chicago's Not-Us emerged in 2021 bridging the raw aggression of hardcore with the grinding intensity of death and thrash metal, a combination the city's notoriously tough underground scene has embraced. Their trajectory from thrash/death roots toward a more hardcore-driven attack reflects a band constantly sharpening their edge, channeling urban grit into fast, confrontational music.
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