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Staufenberg's Plutonia has been crafting traditional heavy metal since 2013, their name evoking both classical mythology and early science fiction. Their Hessian small-town roots ground a sound that reaches for the epic grandeur of classic '80s metal.
Speed and thrash metal band from Almeria, Spain, formed in 2015, racing through the Andalusian metal scene with relentless velocity. Their celestial name matches the blazing intensity of their speed metal.
Not to be confused with the legendary Bay Area thrashers, Switzerland's Poltergeist emerged in 2019 from Liestal with a modernized take on thrash. Their sound balances old-school riffing with contemporary production values, reflecting the Swiss tendency toward precision.
Thrash and groove metal band from Uithoorn and Amstelveen, Netherlands, active since 2009, delivering multi-layered thrash and groove metal from the Amsterdam metropolitan area. They bring versatile aggression to the Dutch metal scene.
Oldenburg's Point Blank has been delivering thrash metal with no-frills directness since 2012. Their name says it all — close-range sonic execution from one of Lower Saxony's most underrated metal scenes.
Woodstock, New York's Porcelain Helmet have been sharpening their thrash attack since 2017, taking a genre built in California and giving it an East Coast edge — tighter, more angular, with the sardonic wit that the band name alone promises. Thrash from the Hudson Valley has its own flavor, and Porcelain Helmet sounds like they've found it.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Ostrov, Czech Republic, formed in 2018, named after the powerful tidal bore of the Amazon River. They channel that force into hard-hitting thrash and heavy metal.
Possuído pelo Cão (PxPxCx) is a crossover thrash supergroup assembled from members of VIOLATOR, D.F.C., and Terror Revolucionário, dedicated to reviving the circle-pit mayhem of 1980s hardcore-thrash hybrids. Their 2008 debut Possessed in the Circle Pit — just over twenty minutes of anti-religious sarcasm, Hardcore energy, and Thrash riffing — also features a cover of Attitude Adjustment's "Grey World" and remains a beloved slab of Brazilian underground crossover.
Las Vegas's Postmortom have been running the thrash circuit since 2005, outlasting trends and lineup changes to remain one of Nevada's most durable extreme acts — a band forged in the desert where the heat and the isolation seem to sharpen the aggression. Two decades into it, their commitment to the genre's classic values of speed and heaviness remains undiminished.
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