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San Francisco Bay Area act Hexx formed in 1983 under the name Paradox before settling on their current name and releasing the debut No Escape on Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records in 1984, establishing themselves in the nascent US power metal scene. Their sound evolved through the speed and thrash influences of the Bay Area through the late 1980s, culminating in the Century Media-released Morbid Reality (1992), their most technically demanding record. After a long dormancy following that album, founding members reformed the band in 2013 and released Wrath of the Reaper through High Roller Records in 2017.
Hicsos is a thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 1990 and one of the city's longest-running acts in the underground scene. Their sound fuses thrash with hardcore, addressing themes of religion, politics, and social conflict, and they have documented their run with albums including Eatin' Concrete (2004), Technologic Pain (2007), and Circle of Violence (2011), the last of which was re-released in 2018 with a DVD documentary titled 26 Years of Thrash Violence. The band is signed to Metal Blast Records and remains active.
Thrash metal band from Ghent, Belgium, active since 2011. Their energetic, riff-driven approach delivers the kind of neck-snapping thrash that has made the Flemish scene a hotbed for aggressive metal.
Hidden Capacity is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Jurva, Finland, formed in 2020. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Norwegian death/thrash metal project channeling vicious darkness since 2021. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Spanish band from the Community of Madrid, formed in 2017, evolving from speed/thrash metal into heavy/thrash metal and rock. Their versatile approach spans the aggressive spectrum from speed to heavy metal.
Terre Haute's High Off Anxiety channel exactly what their name implies into a volatile fusion of thrash and grindcore that treats nervous energy as structural material. A new outfit, they bring the cathartic directness that the most effective short-form extreme metal demands.
Hardcore thrash metal band from Vleteren, Belgium, formed in 2021, self-described as delivering 'Hardcore thrash metal from Belgium!' Their releases Not Today and Magic Moshroom combine breakneck thrash speed with hardcore punk intensity and a healthy dose of pit-ready energy.
Highwire is a thrash metal band from Sesvete, Croatia, active since 2013 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
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