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Avant-garde thrash metal band from Nuoro, Sardinia active since 2001. Why? brings over two decades of experimental thrash metal from the mountainous interior of the Mediterranean island.
Named after the infamous pirate ship, Indianapolis's Whydah launched in 2025 at the crossroads of crossover thrash and full-on thrash metal — the kind of no-frills, pit-ready attack that tips its cap to both hardcore street ethos and metal's technical ferocity. Even as one of the newer acts in the Midwest's resurgent heavy underground, they're already sharpening a sound that values speed and impact above all else.
Wicked Aggression is a thrash metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, originally formed in 2003. The band resurfaced in 2025 with "XXMMV," a remastered version of their unreleased 2003 demo with rhythm tracks re-recorded for the release.
Thrash metal band from Düsseldorf, Germany formed in 2015. Wicked Kemao delivers aggressive thrash from the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area with rapid riffing and relentless energy.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Vöhringen, Germany active since 2012. Wicked Power merges the speed of thrash with crossover punk energy, keeping the Bavarian underground scene charged with high-octane aggression.
Thrash metal band from Belgrade, Serbia active since 2012. Wicked Ways delivers aggressive thrash from the Serbian capital on the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
Thrash metal and hardcore hybrid from Gummersbach, Germany formed in 2020. Wickedness blends thrash velocity with hardcore intensity, delivering a punishing crossover assault from the Bergisches Land region.
Since 2012, Roseland, New Jersey's Wide Awake Nightmare have occupied the violent overlap of death metal, thrash, and grindcore — a style defined by relentless tempo, grinding textures, and the kind of aggression that refuses to pick just one extreme genre and stay there. Over a decade into their run, they've developed into one of the more seasoned acts in the Garden State's brutal underground.
Feral black/thrash/punk that blurred genre lines with sadistic intensity. Active 2011-2019 before splitting up.
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