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Midnight Twelve is a black/thrash metal act from Fano on the Adriatic coast, active since 2017. The band delivers aggressive, speed-driven extremity from the Marche region.
A thrash metal act from Cagliari in Sardinia, Midnightmares formed in 2023 with a portmanteau name blending midnight with nightmares. The band delivers dark, aggressive thrash from the Mediterranean island.
Miecz is a thrash metal act from Wrocław, active since 2015. The band's Polish name, meaning 'sword,' reflects their razor-sharp approach to thrash metal.
Furious Heavy / Thrash Metal from Austin.
Paso Robles, California's Militant Civilian formed in 2023 and play thrash and power metal with a directness that feels bred from working-class frustration rather than genre exercise. The combination of thrash's aggression with power metal's anthemic lift gives the band a sound that hits hard and aims high at the same time.
Militaris-tic is a punk and thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2016. They fuse punk's rebellious energy with thrash metal's aggressive riffing.
Austin thrash/speed metal whose 1985 EP The Sybling is one of the most sought-after metal vinyl records. Reformed in 2008.
New Orleans' Mimic came together in 2023 and play progressive thrash metal — a pairing that puts technical ambition inside the relentless forward motion of thrash. Their Louisiana origins don't surface in any obvious genre way, but the city's deep tradition of musical cross-pollination seems to underpin their willingness to push the thrash template toward something stranger.
Originally founded in Curitiba in the early 2000s, Minatory plays a direct strain of death/thrash with clear debts to Slayer, Death, and Obituary. Their 2002 demo "Spiritual Damnation" drew positive notices from Brazilian metal press including Rockbrigade and Whiplash, establishing the band as a fixture of the southern underground scene.
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