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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/death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2018. Their approach merges thrash velocity with death metal's heaviness from the Russian capital.
Recast is a thrash/progressive metal and crossover band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2024. The band merges progressive complexity with thrash aggression and crossover energy from Bavaria's capital.
Reckless is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2021. The band delivers fast, aggressive thrash from one of Germany's major financial and cultural centers.
Phoenix's Reckless Abandon began in 2015 with their roots in power and thrash metal before evolving toward a more classic heavy metal and hard rock sound over time — a trajectory that mirrors the arc of many American metal bands navigating genre identity over a decade. Their catalog shows a band unafraid to shift toward the anthemic and melodic while keeping their edge.
Reckless Surma is a death/thrash metal band from the Schleswig-Flensburg district in northern Germany, formed in 2016. The band channels extreme metal aggression from the Danish border region, one of Germany's northernmost metal outposts.
Reckless Tide is a thrash metal band from Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony in Germany, active since 2007. The band has maintained a strong presence in the north German thrash scene for nearly two decades.
Reckoning is a thrash metal band from Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany, active since 1995 — one of the longer-running thrash acts in the Rhine-Main area. The band has maintained three decades of commitment to aggressive thrash from southern Hesse.
Reclaimed is a thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2020. The band fuses thrash aggression with hardcore and crossover punk energy from the French capital.
Thrash/heavy metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2015. Their military-themed name accompanies aggressive metal from the Polish capital.
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