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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Death/thrash metal band from Madrid, Spain formed in 2015, whose debut album Dokhma features eleven tracks of Spanish-language aggression. Songs like El Triunfo del Odio and Sodomizar la Fe showcase their dark, blasphemous intensity.
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Thrash metal and hardcore act from Hamburg, Germany, merging high-speed aggression with punk energy since 2012. Their crossover approach draws from both genres' most intense and confrontational tendencies.
Progressive thrash metal act from Hamburg, Germany, pushing the boundaries of thrash through technical complexity since 2018. Their name describes the explosive, systemic decay that drives their intricate, high-energy compositions.
Thrash metal and metalcore act from Germany, formed in 2025, merging thrash velocity with metalcore's rhythmic intensity. Their concise name reflects a stripped-down, no-frills approach to aggressive metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Bayonne in the French Basque Country, formed in 2022. They deliver fierce extreme metal from the southwestern frontier.
Practitioners of death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash metal, this Turkish outfit from İzmir has been refining their craft since 2025. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with absolute focus.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels groove metal and thrash metal with a focus on crossover-tinged fury with punk's directness and metal's complexity. Formed in 2016, based in Volzhsky, their approach channels the urgency of early Metallica and Slayer.
Melodic thrash metal act from Dortmund in Germany's Ruhr Valley, formed in 2021. Their archaic German name, meaning "arch enemy," drives a sound that blends melodic precision with thrash metal's relentless aggression.
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