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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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Reo is a heavy/thrash metal band from Santurtzi in the Basque province of Bizkaia, Spain, active since 2009. The band delivers aggressive heavy-thrash from the industrial Basque port town on the Nervión estuary.
Repentless Equestrian is a groove/thrash metal band from Deggendorf in Lower Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2022. The band combines groove metal's rhythmic punch with thrash velocity from the Danube valley of eastern Bavaria.
Crust/thrash metal band from Ryazan, Russia, active since 2009. Their long-running project blends crust punk's D-beat with thrash velocity from the central Russian city.
Thrash/death metal band from the Surrey/Berkshire border area, active since 2013. Their approach merges thrash velocity with death metal's heaviness from the English Home Counties.
Thrash metal band from Guimarães, Portugal, active since 2017. Their approach delivers thrash aggression from the birthplace of the Portuguese nation.
Portland, Oregon's Reptilikus came roaring out in 2019 with the kind of speed-driven, riff-forward thrash that pays direct homage to Bay Area's early-80s aggression. In a city with a thriving underground scene, they've sharpened their sound on the whetstone of Pacific Northwest metal traditions. Infectious, frantic, and unapologetically old-school.
San Francisco's Repulsa blend heavy metal's anthemic quality with thrash's raw speed, drawing from both the Bay Area's storied thrash legacy and the classic American metal tradition. Formed in 2026 and already active, they represent the latest chapter in San Francisco's long history of producing metal bands that fuse hard rock instincts with heavier impulses. Sharp riffs and a hard rock swagger mark their early work.
Repulsa is a thrash metal band from Gijón in Asturias, northern Spain, formed in 2026. The band represents the very newest generation of Asturian thrash metal.
Repulsed is a thrash metal and deathcore band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2022 and merging the speed of thrash with the breakdowns and brutality of modern deathcore. The project adds to Prague's thriving extreme metal underground.
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