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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Black and thrash metal band from Oslo, Norway, active since 2016 and merging two of Norwegian extreme metal's most potent traditions. Their sound fuses black metal's atmospheric darkness with thrash's relentless speed.
Thrash metal and metalcore band from Padua, Italy, active since 2022. Their crossover sound blends thrash metal's speed with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Thrash and heavy metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2019 and delivering riff-driven aggression with an irreverent attitude. Their Milanese origins place them within one of Italy's most active metal communities.
Thrash and death metal band from Marseille, France, bringing Mediterranean intensity to extreme metal since 2019. Their sound combines the speed of thrash with death metal's heaviness, fueled by the energy of France's southern port city.
Thrash, heavy metal, and hard rock band from Carmona in Andalusia, Spain, blending the aggression of thrash with classic heavy metal and hard rock since 2014. Their southern Spanish roots bring a distinctive energy to their riff-driven metal sound.
Fresh out of Indiana as of 2024, Ulcerated Blastula hit the ground running with a grindcore and thrash hybrid that favors velocity and blunt force over nuance. Short, hostile, and relentless — exactly what the name suggests.
Albuquerque's Ultimatum have been hammering out straightforward thrash metal since 2016, carrying the torch for the genre's classic aggressive energy in the high desert of New Mexico. No frills, no detours — just meat-and-potatoes thrash with some Southwest grit behind it.
Thrash metal band from Osasco, São Paulo, formed in 2017. Their debut demo Entre Nas Trevas, released in April 2017, was recorded at No Limits Studio in São Paulo and produced by Ivi Kardec; its five tracks include Genocídio Radioativo and Executor.
Turin-based band that began as thrash metal in 2012 before evolving toward metalcore and alternative rock. Their stylistic evolution reflects an adventurous approach to heavy music that has taken them beyond their thrash metal origins.
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