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Formed in 2016 by veterans drawn from bands including Nuclëar Fröst and Whipstriker, Necrogosto are devoted to the savage black/thrash sound of late-1980s Brazil — Sarcófago, Sextrash, and Holocausto are the obvious touchstones. Their self-titled 2017 demo, recorded on analogue equipment at Caffeine Sound Studio, was followed by the "Ancestral Bestiality" EP (2020) and the "Sudakaos" EP (2023) via Nuclear War Now! Productions and Black Hearts Records, with the latter including a cover of the Insulter/Sextrash classic "Black Church."
Necroheresy is a death/thrash metal band from Bratislava, Slovakia, active since 2015. The band combines death and thrash metal intensity from the Slovak capital.
Necrokinesis is a death/thrash metal band from Carlow, Ireland, active since 2020. They deliver aggressive extremity from this small southeastern Irish town.
Stockholm black/thrash metal act formed in 2014, fusing atmospheric intensity with thrash velocity from Sweden's capital. Their crossover approach channels the raw energy of both traditions.
Necrology is a thrash metal band from Telfs, Austria, established in 2025 as one of the country's newest entrants to the Tyrolean metal scene. The band brings old-school thrash aggression to western Austria's alpine region.
Necrolust is a black/thrash metal band from Domazlice near the Bavarian border in the Czech Republic, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of activity have established the band as a reliable force in western Bohemia's extreme metal scene.
Mean Groove / Nu-Metal from Dallas.
Originally formed in 1986, Necromancer finally released their debut full-length Forbidden Art in 2014 after reconnecting in 2012, a record recorded at Hanoi Studio in Rio de Janeiro and praised for channeling the old-school thrash aggression of Sodom, Destruction, and early Sepultura. Since returning to activity, they have been prolific on Bandcamp, issuing a string of EPs in 2017 including Book of the Dead and vi that continue refining their death-tinged thrash attack.
Necromancing the Stone formed in Ohio in 2014 as a supergroup drawing members from Arsis, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Absence, and Brimstone Coven, signed to Metal Blade Records. The band plays melodic death metal and power metal fused with thrash, taking a self-consciously 1980s-influenced approach that references Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Anthrax. Their fantasy-themed songwriting and high-energy musicianship draw on the collective pedigree of their constituent members.
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