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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Noren is a Swiss death/thrash metal band active since 2019. The project combines the aggression of thrash with the heaviness of death metal in a potent crossover.
Norgaahl is a groove/death/thrash metal band from the Olching-Munich area, active since 2018. The band delivers a triple-threat fusion of groove, death, and thrash metal from the Munich metropolitan area.
Norikum is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Graz, Austria, self-described as 'your favorite punch in the balls.' Their discography spans from the 2010 EP 'In Chains of Misery' through 2019's 'Ad Nauseam,' with music primarily composed by Peter Mairhofer and recorded at Doom Studios.
Norot is a thrash metal band from Grossbreitenbach in Thuringia, active since 2014. The band delivers thrash from the forested highlands of the Thuringian Forest.
Long Beach thrash outfit North Side Slashers launched in 2021 with the genre's classic playbook firmly in hand — aggressive riffing, locked-in rhythm section work, and a street-level attitude that owes as much to crossover hardcore as it does to the Bay Area's thrash legacy. The Southern California setting gives their sound a gritty, urban edge that suits the music well. They're a band that understands what thrash is supposed to feel like.
Northern Doom is a death/thrash/groove metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2022. Their sound fuses the aggression of thrash and death metal with the heavy, rhythmic punch of groove metal.
Groningen thrash metal and hardcore act formed in 2018, fusing aggressive riffing with hardcore punk energy from the northern Netherlands. Their crossover approach channels the confrontational spirit of both traditions.
Norwalk is a progressive thrash metal band from Voiron, France, active for over a decade, drawing influence from Metallica, Megadeth, and Pantera. Their 2025 album Psycho Mirror delivers eight tracks of expansive, psychologically themed thrash metal with compositions stretching to nearly ten minutes.
Nosebleed is a metalcore/thrash metal band from the Burgdorf-Hanover area of Lower Saxony, active since 2015. The band fuses metalcore breakdowns with thrash intensity from the greater Hanover metropolitan area.
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