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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Denver thrash revivalists Havok emerged in 2009 and quickly became one of the most visible standard-bearers of the genre's 21st-century resurgence, releasing a string of tight, technically sharp records that honored the Bay Area blueprint without simply imitating it. Their live reputation is formidable.
Power/thrash/doom metal band from Bremen, Germany, active since 2012. Their versatile sound spans the full range from power metal grandeur through thrash velocity to doom metal weight.
Hawthorn is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Ciechanów, Poland, formed in 2012. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Jacksonville's Haxprocess represent the progressive wing of extreme metal, threading death metal brutality and thrash aggression through complex, technically demanding arrangements that betray a taste for conceptual ambition. For a band formed in 2022, they've arrived with a surprisingly developed sound.
Hoboken's Hayaino Daisuki translates roughly as 'I love speed' — and they mean it, delivering blistering blasts of thrash-infused grindcore that rarely slow long enough to catch a breath. Since 2008 they've been one of New Jersey's most furiously paced metal exports.
Columbia, Missouri's Hazard grind groove and thrash together in the manner of mid-90s Pantera and Sepultura — all low, locked-in riffs and head-snapping tempo shifts. Since 2015 they've been bringing that meaty, swinging heaviness to the Missouri scene.
Thrash Metal outfit rooted in Istanbul, channeling dark underground intensity since 2023. Pit-starting riffs and furious tempos characterize their thrash approach.
Thrash metal/crossover band from Aargau, Switzerland, active since 2017. Their high-energy blend of thrash metal speed and crossover punk attitude delivers the kind of pit-ready intensity that keeps the Swiss thrash scene alive.
Emerging from Pieksämäki's underground, this death/thrash metal act has been forging thunderous sonic fury since 2010. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
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