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Mynded is a thrash metal band from the Straubing-Munich area of Germany, formed in 2015, choosing their unique name to stand apart from convention. Their releases including Dead End Paradise and The Last Sun deliver thrash metal with a distinctive identity forged outside the mainstream.
Based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, this Myrmidon started as a thrash metal act before evolving toward death metal, tracing a trajectory from aggressive, riff-forward speed to heavier, more brutally refined territory since their 2023 formation.
Myrtal is a death, thrash metal, and hardcore band from Brighton and Hove, England, formed in 2024. They blend extreme metal styles with hardcore energy.
Niles, Michigan's Mysophilia take the blackened thrash approach: vicious riffing informed by the second wave's rawness combined with the velocity and aggression of old-school thrash, producing a scrappy, venomous sound since their 2012 formation.
Mystical Vision play straight-ahead thrash metal rooted firmly in the old-school tradition, with their 2016 album Alchemy of Chaos showcasing tight, aggressive riffing driven by guitarists Carlos Mota and Silas Pimenta alongside the vocals and bass of Marcelo Sanches. A later release, A First Vision of Hell, continued the band's commitment to classic thrash sounds produced at GHM Studios in Manaus.
Cleveland, Ohio's Mystik formed in 2018 and blend power and thrash metal into a high-energy combination — the melodic ambition and vocal hooks of power metal fused with the speed and aggression of thrash, giving their music a driving, hook-laden intensity.
Myth is a thrash and southern metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2019. They blend thrash metal with southern groove from the Irish capital.
Punishing Thrash / Melodic Death Metal from San Antonio.
Cleveland's Mythrias have built a decade-long presence in melodic death and thrash metal since their 2014 formation, channeling the dual influence of classic thrash and the melodic death wave into a technically grounded, riff-driven attack. The band represents the resilient underground metal community of Northeast Ohio.
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