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Crossover/thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2014. The band released their debut album Maldito Mundo Cão on December 10, 2014, operating independently without label support.
Satanic Squirrel deliver thrash metal from Hamburg with the kind of irreverent humor that their name suggests, combining genuine aggression with tongue-in-cheek absurdity. Formed in 2023, they bring fresh, playful energy to the German thrash revival.
Satanica were a thrash metal band from Gerli, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, whose lyrics addressed political and social themes. They contributed the track "Persiguiendo tu ideal" to the 1991 Argentine thrash compilation released by Radio Tripoli Discos, appearing alongside contemporaries such as Nepal, Rapier, and Krupp.
Satanica were a thrash metal band from Gerli, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, whose lyrics addressed political and social themes. They contributed the track "Persiguiendo tu ideal" to the 1991 Argentine thrash compilation released by Radio Tripoli Discos, appearing alongside contemporaries such as Nepal, Rapier, and Krupp.
Satin Black deliver thrash metal from Freiberg in Saxony, channeling old-school aggression from the heart of the former East German mining region. Formed in 2022, they bring fresh thrash energy to a region better known for its medieval heritage.
Brussels-based thrash metal band formed in 2018, channeling high-speed riffing and aggressive energy from Belgium's capital city. Their output contributes to the thrash metal revival sweeping through Europe's major urban metal scenes.
Saul have been delivering melodic death and thrash metal from the Normandy city of Caen since 2003, making them veterans of the Norman extreme metal scene. Their two decades of biblical-king-named aggression represent sustained commitment.
Blistering Speed / Thrash Metal from New Braunfels.
Norrahammar's Savage Captor thrash from the Jonkoping suburb since 2024. Their predatory-imprisoner name channels the violence of capture into compositions of freshly-minted Smaland aggression.
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