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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/07 @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Thrash and death metal band from Nassjo, Sweden, formed in 2020, stacking corpses through aggressive death-thrash from the Smaland region. They bring violent intensity to the Swedish underground.
Thrash and death metal band from Gennes-sur-Seiche, France, formed in 2016, whose name means 'pillory' in French. They deliver punishing extreme metal from the Brittany-adjacent Ille-et-Vilaine department.
A Bay Area institution since 1989, Berkeley's Piranha has survived the genre's cycles long enough to outlast trends entirely, delivering stripped-down thrash with the credibility of three decades in the underground.
Aalen's Pissdolls bring a confrontational punk attitude to their heavy-thrash metal since 2016. Their Swabian origins and provocative moniker signal a band more interested in high-energy irreverence than polished professionalism.
Godfathers of El Paso's metal scene. Groove/thrash metal touring with Cannibal Corpse and Anthrax.
Thrash metal band from Katrineholm, Sweden, active since 2008, firing rapid thrash metal shots for over seventeen years from the Sodermanland region. They are veterans of the Swedish thrash scene.
Thrash and death metal band from Upice, Czech Republic, formed in 2017, combining thrash metal velocity with death metal heaviness. They represent the crossover aggression of the Czech extreme metal underground.
Göttingen's Pit Viper has been striking with venomous thrash metal since 2021, named after the serpent family known for their heat-sensing aggression. Their university-town base belies the raw, street-level energy of their pit-ready assault.
Thrash metal band from Porto, Portugal, active since 1998, making them one of the longest-running thrash acts in Portugal. Over a quarter century they have remained a pillar of the northern Portuguese metal scene.
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