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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Industrial thrash metal band from Arcueil, France, formed in 2012, fusing particle-accelerator energy with thrash metal velocity and industrial precision. They bring scientific intensity to the southern Parisian suburban metal scene.
Protothrash is a thrash metal band from Neiva, Huila, Colombia, active since 2012. They released their debut demo 60 Años in 2014 before dropping their first full-length, Gonorreator, in 2018. The band is known for aggressive, politically charged lyrics that blend blunt social commentary with a confrontational thrash style.
Thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore punk band from Labinsk, Russia, formed in 2018, whose Spanish name means 'provocation.' They bring provocative crossover aggression from the Krasnodar region.
A Los Angeles heavy metal outfit formed in 2017, Prowler draw on the melodic, leather-and-chrome aesthetic of traditional metal — clean vocals, galloping rhythms, and guitar work that nods to the NWOBHM and American power metal bands that ruled the Sunset Strip era. Their music rewards fans who prize craft and songcraft over extreme noise.
Thrash and groove metal band from Quintanar de la Orden, Spain, formed in 2023, channeling nuclear-age intensity through aggressive thrash and groove metal. Their Chernobyl-referencing name evokes the catastrophic power behind their sound.
Black and thrash metal band from Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2023, delivering umlaut-adorned blackened thrash metal from the Bosphorus. They bring fresh extremity to the Istanbul metal scene.
Thrash metal band from Laudio in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2016, named after the genus of psychedelic mushrooms. They deliver mind-altering thrash metal from the heart of Basque metal territory.
Out of Holden, Maine, Psonen forges blackened thrash metal with the cold, rural isolation of New England seeping into their sound — raw black metal menace fused with the driving aggression of classic thrash, active since 2019.
Thrash metal band with hardcore influences from Lodz, Poland, formed in 2025, diagnosing society's ills through aggressive thrash from Poland's third-largest city. They bring clinical intensity to the Lodz underground.
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