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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)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Leipzig's Psycrotted delivers death-thrash with the intensity befitting one of eastern Germany's most culturally vibrant cities. Their Saxon base connects them to a growing scene that has emerged from the shadow of reunification with renewed creative energy.
Thrash metal band from Bergen, Norway, formed in 2018, delivering psychotic thrash metal fury from the Norwegian west coast. They add to Bergen's rich metal heritage with unhinged aggression.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Elista, Russia, formed in 2016, delivering addictive metal from the capital of Kalmykia, Europe's only Buddhist-majority region. They bring unique cultural perspective to their thrash.
Brunswick's Psychophobia has been channeling melodic blackened death metal since 2019, blending Scandinavian melodicism with atmospheric black metal textures. Their Lower Saxon ducal-city base provides a historically rich setting for their darkly beautiful compositions.
Wilhelmshaven's Pumpkin Heads brings a seasonal-horror-themed twist to thrash metal since 2018. Their North Sea naval-city base and playful name belie a genuine commitment to aggressive, pit-ready thrash from Lower Saxony's coast.
Cleveland's Punching Moses have been at it since 2012, playing a hard-nosed crossover that draws equally from Bay Area thrash and Midwest hardcore — aggressive, blunt, and grounded in the blue-collar ethos of the city they come from. Expect circle-pit riffs and no philosophical hedging.
Houston's Punishment Due have been playing straightforward thrash metal since 2012, drawing from the classic Bay Area tradition with riff-forward aggression and no detours into crossover or melodic territory. They represent the Houston underground's allegiance to the thrash fundamentals.
Thrash metal and hardcore band from Lebork, Poland, formed in 2020, channeling undiluted aggression through the crossover of thrash and hardcore. Their name captures the raw intensity of their sound.
Pure Hate is a groove/thrash metal band from Maceió, Alagoas, active since 2020 as an independent act. The band placed two tracks — "Racional" and "Vida de Ninguém" — on the 2020 digital compilation The Iguana's Attäck Vol. 3, their earliest documented release.
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