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Terrorway from San Gavino Monreale in Sardinia deliver thrash and groove metal from the Campidano plain since 2010. Over fifteen years from this interior Sardinian town has produced some of the island's most consistent thrash.
Teska from Finistère in Brittany blend thrash, groove, and heavy metal from France's rugged western peninsula since 2016. A decade of output from the Land's End of the continent has produced compositions as weathered and forceful as the Breton coastline.
Testament formed in Berkeley, California in 1983 under the name Legacy and adopted their current name before releasing The Legacy (1987), positioning them among the first wave of Bay Area thrash alongside Metallica, Slayer, and Exodus. Vocalist Chuck Billy — of Pomo Native American descent — joined in 1986 and has fronted the band through fifteen studio albums, including the acclaimed The New Order (1988), Practice What You Preach (1989), and the modern comeback Titans of Creation (2020). The band is considered part of the 'Big Eight' of thrash metal and has remained one of the genre's most active and consistent forces for over four decades.
Tested to Destruction from Cagliari deliver thrash metal with the engineering-stress-test intensity their name demands since 2014. A decade of load-bearing compositions from the Sardinian capital.
Testify is a thrash metal/metalcore band from Oelde/Ennigerloh, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Testosteron is a death/thrash metal band from Kecskemét, Hungary, formed in 2015. They deliver aggressive, high-energy metal combining thrash speed with death metal brutality.
Tetragon is a thrash metal band from Parkano, Finland, formed in 2015 and evolving toward progressive thrash. They combine thrash metal's aggression with increasing progressive complexity.
Hard-hitting Groove Metal / Metalcore out of Texas.
Furious Groove / Thrash Metal / Hardcore out of Texas.
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