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AntiFragile (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Death-thrash-deathcore hybrid from Turin, active since 2010. Corroosion has spent over a decade delivering corrosive extreme metal from the Piedmontese capital.
Shady Spring, West Virginia death and thrash metal band channeling the state's blue-collar toughness into speed metal aggression with a death metal edge. Their sound is fast, mean, and rooted in the genre's most essential traditions.
Phoenix death metal and thrash act operating in one of Arizona's most unforgiving climates, matching the desert's harshness with relentless musical extremity. They keep their attack tight and their riffs lethal.
Death-thrash metal band from Paris, France, active since 2008. They deliver corrosive extremity from the French capital.
Corrosive Nails is a death/thrash metal band from Canoinhas, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded in 2020 by members who previously played together in the death metal project Nekromantik. Initially performing under the name Evilcünt and playing covers of acts like Toxic Holocaust and Repulsion, the band evolved toward original material, releasing the EP “No Rest For The Mind” and the full-length “Fragments of a Broken Faith,” which solidified their heavier death/thrash sound.
Canton, Ohio death and thrash metal outfit adding to the state's long history of underground heavy music, built on tight riffs and straightforward brutality. They keep their sound lean and their aggression focused.
Pasadena, Maryland heavy metal and thrash act operating in the Baltimore-Washington corridor's lively underground scene, with a sound rooted in the genre's classic aggressive traditions. Their music favors riff-first songwriting and no-nonsense heavy metal conviction.
Death-thrash metal band from St. Austell in Cornwall, England, formed in 2024. They merge death metal with thrash from the English West Country.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2014. They blend classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from Scotland's largest city.
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