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Death/thrash metal band from Joinville, Santa Catarina, founded by guitarist Edson Souza and bassist Andrei Ruan de Souza, with drummer Claudio Wurfel completing the lineup in 2015. The band released Stream of Excrements in October 2016 and NECROPOLIS in October 2020, drawing from the classic death and thrash metal of the 1980s and 1990s.
Retaliator is a death/thrash metal band from Marbella on the Costa del Sol in Andalusia, Spain, formed in 2025. The band channels extreme metal aggression from the sun-soaked Andalusian coast.
Death/thrash metal band from Belém, Pará, active from 1993, with a lineup that included vocalist Everaldo Nascimento, guitarists Luciano Arakaty and Espeto Alfaia, and bassist Marcão Karas. Their album Ancient Glorious Death compiles studio recordings from 1993 and 1994 made at Estúdio Edgar Proença (FUNTELPA) in Belém, along with live material from 2001.
Thrash metal band from Sumaré, São Paulo, formed in 2008, with a lineup of vocalist/guitarist André, guitarist Ruy, bassist Thiago 'Alemão', and drummer Lucas 'Créu'. The band released a demo in 2011 and the full-length Aterrorize in 2015, delivering old-school thrash with sharp guitar riffs and modern production. Members also participate in the São Paulo death metal formation Disformes.
Los Angeles' Retribution have been carrying the thrash flag since 2001, a quarter-century-plus of riff-first aggression in a city that has always had an undercurrent of thrash running beneath its more visible metal scenes. Their staying power across more than two decades marks them as veterans in a subgenre that burns bright and fast. Old-school conviction with Los Angeles edge.
Everett, Washington's Retribution have been delivering Pacific Northwest thrash since 2001, drawing from the region's harder-edged underground while maintaining the velocity and precision the genre demands. Over twenty-plus years of activity, they've outlasted trends and scene shifts, staying committed to the fundamental thrash formula. A durable presence north of Seattle in a region with deep metal roots.
Retribution is a death/thrash metal band from Nagel in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, active since 2001. The band has maintained over two decades of death-thrash from the Fichtelgebirge mountain region.
Retrofaith is a thrash metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2012. The band channels classic thrash metal energy from the Spanish capital's long-established thrash underground.
Retrogression is a groove/thrash metal band from Tuusula near Helsinki, Finland, active since 2012. The band delivers heavy grooves and thrash aggression from the municipality that was once home to composer Jean Sibelius.
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