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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Varese speed metal/punk act from northern Lombardy, active since 2013. Their decade-plus commitment to a high-voltage fusion of speed metal urgency and punk energy has produced a catalog of relentless, no-frills aggression.
Bordeaux's Overcharger keeps things lean and mean with stripped-down groove metal built on massive, distorted riffs and pounding rhythms. Their no-frills approach delivers raw kinetic energy without unnecessary embellishment.
Athens progressive death metal act active since 2016, bringing technical ambition and compositional depth to the Greek extreme metal scene. Their work balances death metal's heaviness with progressive complexity in a city known more for its black metal heritage.
Industrial/gothic metal and synthwave band from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, active since 2011. Their decade-plus career blends industrial textures, gothic atmosphere, and synthwave electronics from the Chinese border region.
Formed in Teresina around 2017, Overdose Brain play a ferocious brand of speed/thrash metal sung in Portuguese, drawing on the Brazilian underground tradition of acts like Flagelador and Cemitério. Their 2020 EP Exército Metal, recorded with vocalist Thiago Araújo, guitarist Cláudio Costa, bassist Alisson Barros, and drummer Wanderson dos Anjos, showcases cutting riffs and an uncompromising approach rooted firmly in 1990s aggression.
Overdose Nuclear coined the term "Metal do Mangue" to describe their death/thrash sound rooted in the coastal town of Ubatuba, pairing heavy riffing with socially conscious lyrics about environmental destruction and political corruption. Their 2023 album Metal do Mangue features guest appearances from Mayara Puertas of Torture Squad and Jairo Vaz Neto of Chaos Synopsis, alongside a cover of Raul Seixas's "Cowboy Fora da Lei," cementing the band's distinct identity within the Brazilian extreme metal scene.
Helsinki thrash metal act active since 2017, part of the Finnish capital's thrash revival. Their name captures the excessive, intoxicating energy they bring to a genre that prizes speed and reckless abandon.
Pittsburgh's Overdrive formed in 2016 at the intersection of heavy, groove, and thrash metal, channeling the Steel City's blue-collar tenacity into a multi-faceted approach to riff-driven music. They draw from three decades of metal tradition without fixating on a single era, letting the song determine whether the groove or the thrash takes precedence. A versatile outfit with serious Pittsburgh credibility.
Krakow groove metal act formed in 2020, channeling rhythmic heaviness from Poland's cultural capital. Their approach favors headbang-inducing riffs and physicality, a welcome counterpoint to the more extreme styles that dominate the local scene.
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