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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Thrash metal act from Berlin, Germany, delivering high-energy aggression since 2016. Their paradoxically upbeat name contrasts with the punishing intensity of their thrash metal assault.
Exclusionist are a freshly formed death-thrash outfit from Salt Lake City, Utah, coming together in 2025 with a sound that fuses thrash metal's headlong momentum with death metal's darker tonal palette. The band is part of Utah's growing underground metal community, bringing a coiled, aggressive energy to one of the American West's more unlikely metal cities.
Crossover thrash and hardcore act from Switzerland, fusing punk attitude with thrash metal velocity since 2019. Their stripped-down, high-energy approach channels the raw power of both genres into a single aggressive assault.
Thrash/death metal outfit from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, delivering aggressive, high-velocity metal since 2012. Their crossover of thrash and death metal brings raw Balkan energy to the extreme metal underground.
Death/doom/thrash metal act from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2005 with an extensive catalog spanning conceptual releases marked by bracketed letter titles. Their prolific output includes split releases, EPs, and full-length albums exploring dark religious and existential themes across multiple extreme metal subgenres.
Laying down tracks since 2016, this Moscow Thrash Metal outfit delivers crossover-tinged fury with punk's directness and metal's complexity. Their place within Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Thrash/black/death metal band originally from Norway, active since the mid-2000s. Their sound fuses three extreme metal pillars into a chaotic, boundary-crossing hybrid.
Speed metal and thrash band from Helsinki, Finland with roots going back to 1995. They are among the elder statesmen of Finnish speed/thrash metal.
Thrash metal band split between Sweden and the United States, active since 2015. Their transatlantic presence channels thrash metal aggression from both sides of the ocean.
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