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Thrash and death metal band from Osijek, Croatia, active since 2014 and delivering extreme metal from eastern Croatia's largest city. Their crossover of thrash and death metal brings aggressive intensity to the Slavonian metal scene.
Melodic thrash and groove metal band from the small Austrian town of Micheldorf, delivering riff-driven aggression tempered with melodic sensibility since 2013. Their sound bridges the gap between thrash metal's speed and groove metal's heavyweight rhythmic punch.
Uzômi is a crossover/thrash band from Rio de Janeiro whose name pays homage to Urza, a character from the Magic: The Gathering universe. Their 2017 album "A Revolta do Boêmio" — a 13-track record whose titles reflect punk nihilism and street-level social commentary — stands as one of the key documents of the Brazilian underground crossover scene.
Odesa's V.E.L delivers thrash metal from Ukraine's Black Sea port city, channeling the aggression and precision of classic thrash through a Ukrainian lens. Their tight, riff-driven compositions reflect the continued vitality of thrash metal in Eastern Europe.
V.I.D.A. is a melodic death/thrash/metalcore trio from Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina, built around brothers Jorge and Javier Cybula on bass/vocals and guitar/vocals respectively, alongside drummer Javier Cuello. The band released the album "Mentes Enfermas" in 2018, followed by "Memorias" in 2021, and earned second place at the Wacken Open Air Metal Battle in 2022.
Vaarna is a black/thrash metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2024. They fuse black metal's ferocity with thrash's riff-driven velocity.
Vade Aratro is a heavy metal band from San Giovanni in Persiceto near Bologna, Italy, active since 2008 and incorporating folk and thrash influences. Their name combining the Latin "vade" (go) with "aratro" (plough), they blend traditional heavy metal with folk and thrash elements.
One of Poland's most internationally renowned and longest-running extreme metal acts, Vader has been delivering relentless death-thrash since 1983, led by the tireless Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek. Albums like "Litany," "De Profundis," and "The Ultimate Incantation" cemented their status as death metal royalty.
Vadra is a death/thrash metal trio from San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, comprising Marko on guitar and vocals, Martín on bass, and Montyz on drums. The band recorded their EP "En las profvndidades del horror" between May and July 2019 at a home studio in Jujuy, with mixing and mastering handled at Kueva Studio in Salta; the release appeared in 2020 on the Corpse Print label in digipak CD format.
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