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A thrash metal and crossover act from Barcelona, Mugre — meaning 'filth' in Spanish — has been delivering grimy, aggressive compositions since 2016. The band channels the Mediterranean city's punk-metal crossover energy.
Municion is a black/thrash metal band from Santa Fe, Argentina who built a live reputation sharing stages with international acts including Aura Noir, Mystifier, and Tsjuder. The band released the EP "Black, Speed & Evil" in 2015 through Execracion Distro before issuing their debut full-length "Fukk Off In Hell" in 2021 via Alkolik Holocaust Records.
Richmond, Virginia's Municipal Waste are one of the defining acts of the 21st-century crossover thrash revival, fusing the manic energy of hardcore punk with razor-sharp thrash riffing and an irreverent, party-metal attitude that made them scene icons.
A heavy/power metal act from Zagreb, Broken Sword has been delivering epic, riff-driven metal since 2021. The band draws from the European power metal tradition within the Croatian capital's diverse music scene.
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Murder Angels is a thrash/heavy metal act from the Thessalian city of Larissa, formed in 2024. The band delivers aggressive, riff-driven metal from the agricultural heartland of central Greece.
Murder Inc. was a thrash metal band from Beroun, Czech Republic, active from 2014 to 2022 with six releases of Czech-language thrash incorporating black and death metal elements. Their final album "Sám Sobě Soudcem" (2022) closed out a prolific run before the band disbanded with the parting message: "We're dead, start your own band!!"
Murder Inn is a thrash/black/death metal band from Norrköping, Sweden, formed in 2017. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Atlanta death/thrash outfit Murder Van channel the crossover tradition of bands who refused to choose between brutality and velocity, fusing thrash metal's momentum with death metal's tuning and aggression. Active since 2019, they bring that combination to Atlanta's busy metal underground.
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