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AntiFragile (2025)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Thrash metal band from Wasbek in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, active since 2002. With over two decades of activity, Cosmic Haze are seasoned thrash veterans from the North German plains.
Progressive thrash act from Zhytomyr in central Ukraine, formed in 2022. Cosmic Jaguar delivers technically ambitious thrash from the Polissia region.
Eugene thrash band that keeps the genre's core values intact — speed, aggression, and no patience for pretense. Their sound is straightforward and uncompromising.
Progressive thrash metal band from Salzburg, Austria, active since 2014. They expand the thrash template with progressive structures and technical musicianship, adding cerebral depth to high-speed aggression.
Groove-thrash-metalcore hybrid from Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, active since 2014. Cosmogon delivers genre-crossing aggression from the country's second-largest city.
Costra is a death/thrash metal band from Osorno led by vocalist/guitarist Alessandro Innocenti, whose debut album "Releasing the Hate" (2014) delivered eight tracks of raw, direct metal sung in both Spanish and English. The band had performed live before the album's release, and their material blends thrash aggression with hard rock directness in the tradition of southern Chilean heavy music.
Italian thrash metal unit forged in 2016, named after the rare neurological delusion where patients believe they are dead. Their caustic riffing and aggressive attack reflect the psychological horror embedded in their namesake condition.
Cottonmouth hit hard at the crossroads of hardcore, speed metal, and thrash, channeling the raw aggression of the midwest underground. They keep sets short and loud, favoring attack over subtlety.
Crossover thrash band from Serres in northern Greece, formed in 2019. They blend thrash metal with hardcore punk energy from the Macedonian region.
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