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Proof (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Black and thrash metal band from Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2023, delivering umlaut-adorned blackened thrash metal from the Bosphorus. They bring fresh extremity to the Istanbul metal scene.
Thrash metal band from Laudio in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2016, named after the genus of psychedelic mushrooms. They deliver mind-altering thrash metal from the heart of Basque metal territory.
Out of Holden, Maine, Psonen forges blackened thrash metal with the cold, rural isolation of New England seeping into their sound — raw black metal menace fused with the driving aggression of classic thrash, active since 2019.
Thrash metal band with hardcore influences from Lodz, Poland, formed in 2025, diagnosing society's ills through aggressive thrash from Poland's third-largest city. They bring clinical intensity to the Lodz underground.
Thrash and death metal band from Timisoara, Romania, formed in 2024, diagnosing society through aggressive death-thrash from the Banat capital. They bring clinical intensity to the western Romanian metal scene.
Black, death, and thrash metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2014, combining three strands of extreme metal into a terrifying sonic assault. Their occult-tinged name matches the ritualistic intensity of their music.
Buchloe's Psycho Mania has been thrashing with Bavarian intensity since 2016, channeling the genre's '80s heyday through an Allgäu lens. Their Swabian market-town origins produce a sound fueled by blue-collar energy and punk-adjacent attitude.
Psycho Walls is a three-piece from Tucuruí, Pará, formed by Adson Ricardo (drums and vocals), João Paulo Rodrigues (bass and vocals), and Renan Albuquerque (guitar and vocals). The band recorded their debut EP "Get Psyched!" at Albuquerque's home studio in February 2014, releasing it in March of that year with five tracks including "Jeff Groupies," "Big Saloon Of Souls," and "Golden Era."
Thrash metal band from Johanneshov, Sweden, formed in 2012, delivering over a decade of psychotic thrash metal from the Stockholm suburb. They bring deranged intensity to the Swedish thrash scene.
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