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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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Riga death/thrash metal act formed in 2021, delivering aggressive extremity from Latvia's capital. Their dual-genre assault channels both death metal brutality and thrash velocity.
Raw Deal is a thrash metal band with hardcore influences from Weingarten in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2016. The band channels crossover energy, fusing thrash metal speed with hardcore punk's confrontational edge from Upper Swabia.
Raw Ensemble is a thrash metal band from Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2015. The band delivers collective thrash metal fury from the Danube city on the Baden-Württemberg/Bavaria border.
Multi-genre Athens band with a complex evolution through technical death metal, thrash/progressive metal, and folk rock phases since 2020. Their stylistic range reflects ambitious creative vision.
Italian crossover thrash and hardcore punk band from Poviglio near Reggio Emilia, active since 2014. Their approach blends thrash metal's aggression with hardcore punk's confrontational energy from the Emilia-Romagna countryside.
Thrash 'n' roll and punk band from Kavala, Greece, active since 2014. Their approach blends thrash metal's aggression with rock 'n' roll swagger and punk energy.
Rawburst is a thrash/groove metal band from Calw-Stammheim in the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2023. The band fuses thrash speed with groove metal's rhythmic punch from the forested hills of southwestern Germany.
Speed/thrash metal band from Monza, Italy, active since 2018. Their approach combines speed metal's velocity with thrash aggression from the city north of Milan.
Rawhead is a thrash/groove metal and crossover band with industrial elements from Germany, formed in 2017. The project layers mechanical, industrial textures over aggressive thrash and groove metal with crossover punk energy.
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