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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Death/thrash metal act from Troisdorf near Bonn, Germany, delivering aggressive crossover extremity since 2009. Their name captures the finality and cessation that drives their relentless metal assault.
Drawing from Milan's musical fabric, this Italian act forges Thrash Metal built on circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion. Speed and precision collide in pit-ready anthems.
Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Koprivnica, Croatia with roots dating to 1996. They are among the longest-running extreme metal acts in the Croatian north.
Rochester's Explicit Death have been thrashing since 2018, representing the kind of straight-ahead, no-apologies New York metal that the state's upstate cities have quietly sustained for decades. Their Bandcamp handle adds "noise" to the equation, suggesting an abrasive edge beyond standard thrash convention.
Explicit Hate is a thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, rooted in the classic Brazilian thrash sound of the late 1980s. The project was revived with a new lineup and released the compilation "A View of Every Side" in 2012 through Marquee Records, gathering demos from 1986, 1987, and 1991 alongside their 1989 album and a 2009 promo tape.
Rotterdam-based thrash metal act, active since 2016 delivering palm-muted barrages and speed-freak intensity. Rooted in a country that punches well above its weight in extreme metal, their riffs arrive at terminal velocity with zero tolerance for filler.
Dallas thrash outfit Exploder have been at it since 2015, delivering the genre's classic hallmarks — speed, aggression, and riff-first songwriting — with a Texas directness that suits the form well. The DFW underground has always had a taste for uncompromising metal, and Exploder fit that tradition to a T.
Thrash metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2022. They deliver explosive thrash from northern Greece.
Løten, Norway — groove metal and thrash metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2007, they deal in whiplash-inducing tempo shifts and gang vocal outbursts. Pure adrenaline translated into riff form.
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