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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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Thrash metal band originally from Zakopane in the Polish Tatra Mountains, active since 2016. Their sound channels thrash aggression from Poland's premier highland resort town at the foot of the Tatras.
Thrash/black metal act from Mannheim, Germany, merging thrash velocity with black metal's atmospheric darkness since 2016. Their termination-themed name drives a sound built on the most aggressive elements of both genres.
Norwegian extreme progressive metal pioneers from Bekkestua/Bærum, recognized for precise technical musicianship across five studio albums and two EPs. Their 2005 album The Blueprint Dives earned a Spellemannsprisen nomination for Best Metal Album, and their sound has evolved from technical death metal through progressive death/thrash into alternative rock territory — culminating in the 2025 double LP Burial.
Beaverton, Oregon's Extractor have been grinding out aggressive thrash since 2017, drawing on the crosstown spirit of the Pacific Northwest's underground metal scene. Their sound is rooted in classic thrash mechanics — locked-in riff patterns, velocity, and a no-nonsense approach to heaviness.
Crafting their sound since 2012, this Umeå Thrash Metal outfit delivers breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Their place within the Gothenburg school's homeland speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Death/thrash metal band from Paris, France active since 2016. They deliver fierce extreme metal from the French capital.
Milanese thrash metal veterans who have evolved from their early thrash origins into groove metal territory across their career starting in the early '90s. Their stylistic evolution mirrors the broader metal scene's shift from pure thrash toward heavier, more rhythmically focused approaches.
Extremauncion is a groove and thrash metal band from Clorinda, in the northern Argentine province of Formosa, a region with a small but active metal scene anchored by events such as the Clorinda Rock Metal Fest. The band's recorded output includes the demo Corre o muere, documented in the Encyclopaedia Metallum, and further releases catalogued on Discogs. Their city of origin, Clorinda, sits on the Paraguayan border, giving the band one of the more geographically remote bases in the Argentine metal underground.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal and thrash metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 1995, based in Bologna, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
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