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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Nuclear Age emerged from Rancho Cucamonga, California in 2014, forging a punishing blend of death and thrash metal that channels the genre's most ferocious traditions. Their sound favors relentless speed and a raw, uncompromising edge, placing them squarely in the Southern California extreme metal underground. Over a decade in, they remain active and unrepentant.
Nuclear Antichrist is a death/thrash metal band from Seville, active since 2018. The band delivers apocalyptic extremity from the Andalusian capital.
Nuclear Beast is a thrash metal band from Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary, active since 1996. With nearly three decades of activity, they are among the most enduring thrash metal acts in Hungary, hailing from this border city where Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary meet.
Athens thrash metal and crossover act formed in 2013, fusing headbanging thrash riffs with hardcore punk attitude and pit-ready energy. Their genre-blending approach channels the confrontational spirit of both traditions.
Nuclear Brains blend black, thrash, and death metal in a deliberately lo-fi package, with the four-piece openly acknowledging on their 2015 EP First! that limited resources shaped the recording — funded through gig ticket sales and made with more energy than budget. The lineup of guitarists and vocalists Cão Westphalen and Rafael Decarli alongside bassist Ivan Borba and drummer Doug Hanauer gives the band a dual-vocal abrasiveness that suits the genre-crossing aggression.
Nuclear Chainsaw is a thrash metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2008. They rip through with the raw, devastating force their name promises.
Nuclear Detonation is a thrash metal band from Reggio di Calabria, Italy, active since 2015. They bring explosive thrash to the toe of the Italian boot.
Bratislava progressive thrash metal act formed in 2016, pushing thrash beyond conventional boundaries through intricate compositions. Their cerebral approach channels technical ambition through aggressive frameworks.
Nuclear Impact is a grindcore/thrash metal band from Slovenia, active since 2015. The band delivers blistering extreme metal that fuses grindcore's relentless speed with thrash metal aggression.
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