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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Levittown, Long Island thrash metal project. Three-letter intensity from the New York suburbs.
Amebix merged crust punk with thrash metal from the Devon town of Tavistock, becoming one of the most influential bands in the UK crust punk movement. Their amoeba-inspired name suits a band that constantly evolved and adapted across their career.
Pozega's Amen merge death, progressive, and thrash metal into a multifaceted sound that draws from all three genres' most compelling elements. Their name carries both religious weight and punk-rock irreverence, fitting for their genre-blending approach.
Dallas, Texas thrash metal project. The corporate-satirical name targets American capitalism through DFW aggression.
Minneapolis thrash revivalists who hit the ground running in 2022 with both a demo tape and a full-length in the same year. Take Your Medicine delivers no-nonsense thrash with the urgency of a band that has something to prove in a city with deep metal roots.
Amethyste combines death and thrash metal from the northern coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer since 2004, channeling the Channel coast's harsh winds into aggressive extreme metal. Two decades of activity make them one of the Pas-de-Calais department's most enduring metal acts.
Amid the Barren and Lost fuses death metal, deathcore, and thrash metal from London since 2018, their desolate name evoking the wasteland their compositions inhabit. Their triple-genre approach creates an overwhelming assault.
Athens' Amken deliver blood-pumping thrash metal that bridges old-school ferocity with modern precision, signed to Massacre Records for their acclaimed album 'Passive Aggression.' Their sound captures the relentless energy of classic thrash while incorporating a uniquely Greek sense of urgency and technical ambition.
Amnestia channels death and thrash metal from Olecko in the Masurian Lake District since 2018. Their name — Polish for 'amnesty' — contrasts with the unforgiving aggression of their metal from this northeastern frontier town.
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