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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Death-thrash metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, formed in 2019. They merge death metal aggression with thrash metal speed from the Finnish lake district.
Black-speed-thrash metal band from Rethymno, Crete, formed in 2018. They fuse black metal with speed and thrash from the historic Cretan port city.
Thrash metal band from Ruovesi in the Pirkanmaa region, Finland, active since 2013. They deliver aggressive thrash from the rural Finnish countryside.
Chaosmongers was a thrash metal band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 2002, connected to other Detroit metal acts of the same period. The band remained an independent underground act throughout their existence before splitting up.
Blackened death-thrash band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse the darkness of black metal with the brutality of death metal and the velocity of thrash.
Chaosphere is a US power and thrash metal band that fuses the melodic ambition of power metal with thrash aggression. The band operates independently, releasing music through their Bandcamp page.
Death-groove-thrash metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2016. They blend heavy grooves with death-thrash aggression from France's second city.
Thrash metal band from Spaichingen in the Swabian Alb, Germany, formed in 2015. They channel aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the rural Baden-Wurttemberg highlands.
Melodic death-thrash act from Södertälje near Stockholm, active since 2014. Chaosys delivers aggressive, hook-driven extreme metal.
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