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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Death and thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2016, delivering explosive death-thrash from the Finnish capital. They combine the best elements of both genres into a volatile mix.
Meppen's Project Fear fuses thrash metal with industrial textures since 2019, creating a cold, mechanistic aggression from the Emsland district. Their Lower Saxon border-region setting — close to the Netherlands — adds cross-cultural influence to their hybrid sound.
A 2024 German project bridging melodic death metal with metalcore's dynamic range, Path of Ira channels righteous fury through technically proficient compositions. Their modern approach to the melodeath template reflects the ongoing evolution of German extreme metal.
Thunderous Heavy / Groove Metal / Hard Rock out of Texas.
Rotenburg's Project Thunderbolt fires on all cylinders with a heavy-groove-thrash hybrid since 2014. Their Lower Saxon base and electrifying name promise high-voltage metal that hits with the force their moniker demands.
Operating out of Limassol since 2014, Project: Oblivion combines the melodic intricacy of Scandinavian melodeath with thrash metal's rhythmic drive. As one of Cyprus's few extreme metal exports, they represent the island's small but passionate underground scene.
From the highland town of Havlíčkův Brod, Projekt-X has been delivering no-nonsense thrash metal since 2014. Their Vysočina region origins place them in the rural heart of the Czech Republic, far from the scene's metropolitan centers.
Projeto Pancada is a crossover trio formed by veterans of the Santa Catarina underground, including members of Homem Lixo and Rhestus. Their debut album "Caos Geral" (2021) blends thrash riffs with hardcore aggression and sardonic Portuguese-language lyrics aimed squarely at pandemic-era Brazil.
Power and thrash metal band from Dartford, England, formed in 2014, delivering energetic power-thrash from the Kent commuter belt. They bring anthemic metal fury to the southeastern English underground.
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