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Divine (2024)
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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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Belgian blackened thrash/heavy metal and punk band from Ghent, formed in 2022 and fusing multiple aggressive styles. Their volatile blend merges blackened ferocity, thrash speed, and punk rawness.
Orgasmo de Porco bring the chaotic spirit of 1980s American crossover to a distinctly Brazilian underground setting, with Caverna's barked vocals riding atop the palm-muted thrashing of Paulinho and the locked-in rhythm section of Lobo and De Cia. Their 2013 debut "My Mind is a Mess" established their irreverent, full-throttle approach, and 2018's "Voltamos mijados e putos" — later named a Bandcamp Album of the Day — proved they only got tighter with time. Released through Läjä Records and Cianeto Discos, their records sit comfortably alongside classic D.R.I. and Municipal Waste without ever sounding derivative.
Orgia Nuclear cook up a volatile mix of speed metal ferocity, thrash riffing, and black-crust grime, having honed their sound from the early "Caos Total" EP (2013) through to the full-length "Desgastado" (2018), recorded at Darkside Studio in Recife. Sung entirely in Portuguese, their lyrics take aim at social and political targets while the music charges forward with metalpunk urgency. Their split releases and active underground presence reflect a band more interested in raw energy than studio polish.
Chemnitz death/thrash metal act merging two of extreme metal's foundational styles since 2011. Over a decade in Saxony's third-largest city, they have built a steady body of work rooted in speed and aggression.
Wyoming's Original Sin deliver no-frills thrash metal out of one of the most sparsely populated states in the country — lean, fast, and without pretense, fitting perfectly into the tradition of underground American thrash that never needed an audience to justify itself.
Orion were founded at the end of 2001 in San Javier, a town in Chile's Maule region, with the stated aim of channeling the spirit of 1980s thrash and death metal. The band released their debut full-length Mysterivm Cosmographicvm in September 2020 through Iron Blood and Death Corporation, recorded and mastered at Equinox Studios in Rancagua, weaving philosophical and ancient-world themes through nine tracks of old-school death/thrash.
Grenoble's Ormagoden hits hard with a thrash-fueled take on heavy metal that channels the raw aggression of 1980s Bay Area thrash with NWOBHM-inspired melodic sensibility. Their riff-driven attack prioritizes speed and energy over studio polish.
Peoria, Arizona's Orphium play straight-ahead thrash metal with no frills and no apologies — riff-forward, fast, and anchored in the classic Bay Area and Teutonic traditions that defined the genre's foundational decade. Since 2014 they've kept the flame burning in the Southwest desert.
Spanish thrash metal/crossover act formed in 2026, among the freshest entries in the Iberian thrash scene. Early material suggests a high-energy fusion of thrash aggression with crossover punk's irreverent attitude.
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