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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Stillnes deliver thrash metal from Azuqueca de Henares near Madrid, channeling aggressive velocity from the Guadalajara province. Active since 2011, they bring deliberate misspelling and genuine intensity to the central Spanish thrash scene.
Stirb ("Die") deliver melodic death/thrash metal from Kehl on the French-German border, channeling aggressive extremity with a blunt, one-word German imperative for a name. Formed in 2021, they bring Rhine-spanning intensity to the Baden metal scene.
New Philadelphia, Ohio act formed in 2023 that combines death metal, grindcore, and crossover thrash into a fast and abrasive style typical of the genre's more chaotic fringe.
Stobe blend thrash, groove metal, and hardcore from Kirkkonummi near Helsinki, creating a volatile crossover from the greater Helsinki area. Active since 2013, they bring multi-genre aggression to the Uusimaa underground.
Death/thrash metal band from the East Tyrolean town of Lienz, formed in 2019. Their crossover of death and thrash metal delivers aggressive, high-velocity extremity from one of Austria's most remote alpine regions.
Stolen Lives have been thrashing from Vysoke Myto since 2006, making them fixtures of the eastern Bohemian metal underground. Their nearly two decades of activity have produced a body of aggressive, fast-paced thrash that reflects the genre's enduring vitality in the Czech Republic.
San Diego technical thrash metal band founded in 2007, channeling the precision and aggression of the Bay Area thrash tradition into tightly constructed, technically demanding compositions.
Santa Rosa, California thrash and groove metal band formed in 2021, combining the crunch of groove-oriented riffing with the speed and energy of Bay Area thrash.
Rancho Cucamonga, California band formed in 2017 that merges death metal, thrash, and metalcore influences into an aggressive style rooted in the Inland Empire's active extreme metal underground.
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