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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Thrash metal band from Waterford, Ireland, active since 2017. Their Irish-language name, meaning 'graveyard,' accompanies thrash aggression from the Viking-founded southeastern port city.
Reincarnage is a death/thrash metal band from Linköping, Sweden, formed in 2020. Their album 'Reap,' released through Apostasy Records, showcases old school death metal at heart but spiced with a modern approach, earning praise for its varied pacing and strong songwriting.
Progressive thrash metal/crossover band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2020. Their approach combines progressive complexity with thrash velocity and crossover energy.
Reizgas is a thrash metal and metalcore band from Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg near Berlin, formed in 2014. Named after the German word for tear gas, the band fuses thrash aggression with metalcore intensity.
Thrash/death metal band from La Thuile in the Italian Alps near the French border, active since 2012. Their approach delivers aggressive extreme metal from one of Italy's most remote mountain towns.
Thrash metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of thrash from Italy's northern metropolis.
Thrash metal band from Caltanissetta in central Sicily, formed in 2020. Their approach delivers thrash aggression from the Sicilian interior.
Rektifier is a thrash metal band from Toulouse in southwestern France, formed in 2023. The band delivers aggressive thrash from the 'Pink City' of the French south.
Thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, with roots dating to 2005. Two decades of thrash from the Greek capital represent significant staying power.
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