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Let You Go (2024)
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Named after Captain Ahab's doomed vessel, Munich's Pequod has been pursuing its white whale of thrash-metalcore fusion since 2011. Their Bavarian capital base gives them access to one of southern Germany's most vibrant live music infrastructures.
Thrash metal band with Oi influences from Munich, Germany, formed in 2021, blending the aggression of thrash metal with the street-level energy of Oi punk. Their unique crossover creates a distinctly working-class metal hybrid.
Percantor is a death/thrash metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, founded in 2005. The band released their debut full-length "Ritos de Batalla" in 2020, a nine-track album delivering Spanish-language death/thrash material, followed by the single "Enemigo" in 2025. They remain an independent unsigned act.
Thrash metal band from Savona, Italy, formed in 2025, persevering through fresh thrash metal fury from the Ligurian coast. They represent the newest generation of Italian thrash.
Thrash and death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2013, perfecting their craft of death-thrash over a decade from Sweden's metal capital. They bring precision aggression.
Thrash metal band from Prievidza, Slovakia, formed in 2021, delivering aggressive thrash metal from the Upper Nitra region. They bring relentless riffing to the Slovak metal scene.
Thrash, speed, and death metal band from Finland, with roots stretching back decades. They deliver old-school extreme metal ferocity rooted in the earliest traditions of Finnish metal.
Thrash metal band from Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, delivering aggressive riff-driven metal since 2008. They are among the longer-running metal acts in the Bosnian scene, keeping the spirit of old-school thrash alive in the Balkans.
Thrash metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2014, committing acts of thrash metal violence from the Portuguese capital. Their umlaut-adorned name signals classic thrash metal worship.
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