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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)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Heavy/thrash metal band from Teesside, England, active since 2014. Their mythical name accompanies classic heavy and thrash metal from the industrial northeast.
Groove/thrash metal and hardcore band from the spa town of Busko-Zdrój, Poland, formed in 2026. Their approach blends groove metal with thrash velocity and hardcore energy.
Thrash/power metal band from Sunderland, England, active since 2010. Their long-running project blends thrash aggression with power metal's anthemic energy from the Wearside city.
Riser is a heavy/thrash metal band from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, formed in 2017. The band delivers aggressive heavy-thrash from the Baltic state's capital city.
Poltava thrash metal act formed in 2012, delivering aggressive speed from central Ukraine's historic city. Their sustained output speaks to thrash metal's enduring appeal in the Ukrainian underground.
Rising Down is a thrash/groove metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2014. The band fuses thrash speed with groove metal's rhythmic heaviness from Germany's premier port city.
Rising Nation was a death/thrash metal band from Eupen, Liège, Belgium, formed in 1990 and signed to Lowland Records. Vocalist Fred 'Doc' Paulus also edited the metal zine 'Final Holocaust', and after the band dissolved — partly due to a severe injury to bassist Axel 'Frosch' Bosch — surviving members went on to form Punished Earth.
Groove/thrash metal band from southern Brazil featuring bassist Luiz Mário Moraes, vocalist Robson Lacerda, guitarist Leo Nunes (also of Scelerata), and drummer Cassio Canto (also of In Torment). Their debut single Portrait of a Despot, released in late 2016, was produced with Hibria guitarist Renato Osorio.
Risoid System is a thrash/death metal band from Essen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2011. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from the former European Capital of Culture in the heart of the Ruhr.
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