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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Power and thrash metal band from Bangor, Wales, formed in 2020, combining the epic grandeur of power metal with thrash metal's relentless energy. They bring Welsh metal fury to the North Wales coast.
Progressive and thrash metal band from Caen, France, formed in 2014, layering progressive complexity over thrash metal aggression from Normandy. They bring technical ambition to the Norman metal scene.
Heidelberg's PanicZone brings death-thrash fury to one of Germany's most picturesque university cities since 2022. The contrast between their baroque surroundings and their savage sonic output captures the tension that fuels great extreme metal.
Thrash metal band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active since 2009, delivering over sixteen years of relentless thrash metal from the Slovenian capital. They are a pillar of the Ljubljana metal scene.
Herford's Pankration has been melding melodic death metal with thrash and groove elements since 2013, named after the ancient Greek combat sport. Their Westphalian base in the East Westphalia-Lippe region provides a launching pad for their technically assured, multi-genre assault.
Progressive thrash metal band from Novi Sad, Serbia, formed in 2024, combining progressive complexity with thrash metal aggression. They bring fresh, ambitious metal to the Vojvodina capital.
Power and thrash metal band from Slatina, Croatia, formed in 2003, named after the Pannonian cultural syndrome. They bring over two decades of energetic power-thrash to the Croatian metal scene.
Groove metal pioneers from Arlington. One of the biggest metal bands in history, led by Dimebag Darrell and Phil Anselmo.
Black and thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2025, whose German name means 'tank battle.' They bring armored blackened thrash to the Gothenburg underground.
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