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Częstochowa black/thrash metal outfit formed in 2018, fusing black metal's atmospheric intensity with thrash velocity from the pilgrimage city of Silesia. Their crossover approach channels the raw energy of both traditions.
Necronomicon is a thrash metal band from Lorrach on Germany's Swiss border, active since 2010. Named after Lovecraft's fictional grimoire, the band brings thrash metal fury to the southwestern tip of Germany.
Necrophagus is a death/thrash metal band from Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, active since 2004. They bring two decades of flesh-eating extremity from this ancient Sardinian city.
Born on Long Island in 2018, Necropolis carves through crossover thrash and progressive metal territory with the unruly energy of classic hardcore and the technical ambition of modern thrash. Their sound mashes pit-ready riffs against shifting time signatures in a way that refuses easy genre placement.
Necroprofanator is a black/thrash metal band from Campobasso in Molise, Italy, active since 2015. They bring grave-desecrating extremity from one of Italy's least-populated and most overlooked regions.
A Curitiba thrash institution that blends guttural vocals with churning riff work and a tightly locked rhythm section, striving for what the band themselves describe as the right balance of speed, weight, and harmonic result. After a mid-decade split they reformed in 2020 and released "Inhuman Pestilence" (2021), following a catalog that includes "Devastated by Time" (2008), "Made with Evil" (2010), and "Toward Insanity" (2013).
Necropsychosis is a death/doom/thrash metal band from Yessentuki, Russia, formed in 2023. They deliver extreme metal from this North Caucasus spa town in the Mineralnye Vody region.
Necroriser is a three-piece thrash/death metal crossover band originating in South America but now based in London, touring extensively across Europe alongside acts like Cannabis Corpse and Warbringer. Their 2013 debut Violent delivers nine tracks of neck-snapping extreme metal that blends old-school thrash with brutal death metal.
Kolbuszowa death/thrash metal act active since 2003, delivering over two decades of aggressive riffing from the Subcarpathian voivodeship. Their sustained output speaks to a deep commitment to extreme music.
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