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Total Agony from Vaires-sur-Marne in the eastern Paris suburbs deliver death and thrash metal with the complete, unmitigated pain their name promises since 2012. Over a decade of agonizing compositions from the Île-de-France.
Basel's Total Annihilation have been unleashing thrash/death metal fury since 2008, amassing a deep catalog that includes albums like "Mountains of Madness," "...On Chains Of Doom," and "Extinction." Their output draws on Lovecraftian horror and apocalyptic themes, delivered through tight riffing and relentless double-bass drumming.
San Jose, California's Total Badass play crossover thrash with the no-apologies irreverence the name implies, mashing punk speed with thrash riff sensibility in a style that owes as much to the skate-and-destroy ethos as to metal.
Total Collapse from Denmark deliver thrash metal with the catastrophic, structural-failure intensity their name promises since 2018. Their sound channels the genre's most destructive impulses into compositions of systemic demolition.
Total Violence from Kellinghusen in Schleswig-Holstein deliver thrash metal with the uncompromising aggression their blunt name promises since 2016. Their sound channels pure, unfiltered thrash fury from the flatlands between Hamburg and the Danish border.
New York crossover outfit Total Waste formed in 2023, bringing together the fury of hardcore punk and the riff aggression of thrash metal into a sound built for the pit and the chaos of the underground live circuit.
New Orleans crossover thrash outfit Totally Possessed bring the city's irreverent energy to a genre built on speed and attitude, fusing thrash metal's riff attack with hardcore punk's blunt force since 2017.
Totëmwolf is a speed/thrash metal/punk band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2013. They fuse speed and thrash metal with punk's raw energy.
Los Angeles veterans Tourniquet have been delivering a unique brand of Christian thrash and heavy metal since 1990, blending technically demanding riffwork with unconventional time signatures and lyrics rooted in faith and moral philosophy, making them one of the most distinctive acts in the Christian metal world.
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