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Death metal band from the Bavarian village of Schambach, formed in 2023 and bringing guttural brutality from rural southern Germany. Their output channels classic death metal's visceral power.
Death/thrash metal band from Pamplona in Navarre, formed in 2017 and fusing death metal's brutality with thrash's velocity. Their aggressive crossover approach draws energy from the Basque-Navarre underground.
The Portuguese city of Barcelos serves as headquarters for this heavy metal and stoner metal operation, whose arsenal includes amp-worshipping heaviness filtered through a THC-infused consciousness. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Killin'Ground is a thrash/groove metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2019. Their debut release, The Weight of the Crown (January 2019), showcases a sound rooted in aggressive thrash with groove-oriented rhythms, featuring tracks such as "Another Day in Hell." The band also contributed to the 2022 compilation The Gates of Brazilian Metal Scene, released by MS Metal Records.
Danish thrash metal band from the rural Djursland peninsula, formed in 2018 and delivering high-speed aggression from the Danish countryside. Their sound channels the relentless energy of classic thrash through a Scandinavian lens.
Los Angeles groove metal act Killing 4 have been working the pummeling mid-tempo pocket since 2015, building songs around the locked-in rhythmic chemistry that makes groove metal satisfying. Heavy, methodical, and rooted in the LA metal scene.
Thrash metal band from Joensuu in North Karelia, active since 2015 and delivering high-speed aggression from eastern Finland. Their name leaves no ambiguity about their intentions: pure thrash metal attack.
Death metal band from Hof in Upper Franconia, formed in 2018 and delivering crushing extremity from the Bavarian border region near Thuringia. Their sound mines the most punishing depths of the genre.
Thrash/groove metal band from Bochum in the Ruhr area, formed in 2017 and fusing thrash's speed with groove metal's rhythmic punch. Their aggressive approach draws energy from the industrial heartland of western Germany.
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