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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Opoczno-based thrash metal act, active since 2006 delivering Bay Area velocity married to Teutonic heaviness. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, circle-pit fuel delivered with workmanlike consistency.
Garnerville, New York's Egokill has been running crossover thrash since 2013 with the stripped-down urgency the subgenre demands — fast riffs, punk attitude, and no time for pretension. Exactly what the name implies.
Albuquerque's Egregious has been thrashing hard since 2014, representing New Mexico's stubborn commitment to classic thrash metal in a decade when few cared to look to the Southwest for the genre.
A product of Poland's titan-grade death metal scene, this Szczecin-based thrash metal act channels whiplash-inducing tempo shifts and gang vocal outbursts. Active since 2021, pure adrenaline translated into riff form.
The Polish city of Poznań serves as headquarters for this groove metal and thrash metal operation, whose arsenal includes circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion. Speed and precision collide in pit-ready anthems.
Madison's Egöth arrived in 2023 writing thrash-inflected death metal with the umlaut marking them as a band not taking themselves entirely seriously — but the music hits with genuine force regardless.
Death/thrash metal act from the medieval Harz mountain town of Goslar, Germany, delivering aggressive crossover extremity since 2006. Named after a grimoire from Lovecraftian fiction, their sound carries an occult undercurrent beneath the thrash and death metal fury.
Thrash/progressive metal act from Esbjerg on Denmark's North Sea coast, blending high-speed aggression with technical complexity since 2013. Their name, referring to perfect photographic memory, reflects a detailed, precise approach to progressive thrash.
Thrash metal band from Grenoble, France active since 2008. They deliver high-energy thrash from the foot of the French Alps.
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