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Deathcraeft is a death/thrash metal band from Ioannina, Greece, formed in 2017 by guitarist Konstantinos Kalampokas, vocalist Nikolaos Tsolakos, and drummer Giannis Chionidis. Their 2020 concept album On Human Devolution draws on Lovecraftian mythology and socio-political themes across eight tracks, mastered by Peter In de Betou in a limited edition of 200 CDs.
Ogden, Utah's Deathead have been running speed and thrash metal through the Mountain West's DIY circuit since 2004 — a two-decade-plus run that's given them a well-earned tightness and a genuinely menacing live reputation.
Deather is a thrash metal band from Lahti, Finland, formed in 2022. They play aggressive thrash metal with deadly intent.
Sacramento's Deathforce split the difference between death metal's brutality and thrash's kinetic momentum, channeling the Central Valley's harder edge into tight, no-nonsense aggression. Active since 2018.
Deathfucker is a thrash/death metal act from Mantua that makes zero pretense about their intentions: raw, unfiltered extreme metal aggression delivered with punk-like directness. Active since 2017, they channel the spirit of early extreme metal's most provocative and unapologetically heavy moments.
Deathgate is a death and thrash metal band from Turkey, formed in 2023. The project fuses death metal with thrash velocity.
Deathgeist is a thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2017 by members including guitarist/vocalist Adriano Perfetto and guitarist Victor Regep, with ties to the established Brazilian thrash act Bywar. The band has released four albums, starting with their self-titled debut in 2017, followed by "666" (2019), "Procession of Souls" (2022), and "Underworld" (2025), all on Punishment 18 Records. Recognized as one of the most consistent contemporary Brazilian thrash metal acts, they draw heavily from the German school of thrash, and in 2026 embarked on their first European tour.
Deathhammer is a Norwegian blackened thrash/speed metal band from Hamar, active since 2011 and delivering ferocious, old-school extreme metal that recalls the genre's earliest, most unhinged incarnations. Their blunt-instrument name suits a sound that prizes raw aggression and speed over nuance.
Detroit's Deathinitely fuse power metal's melodic reach with thrash metal's velocity, producing a high-energy hybrid that's been a fixture of the city's surprisingly diverse metal underground since 2001.
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