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Laurio heavy/power metal act from the Attic coast south of Athens, active since 2017. Named after the ancient silver mines nearby, their location in a historically significant mining town adds depth to their traditional metal approach.
Raw black metal project from Russia, active since 2019. The project delivers lo-fi, unpolished black metal in the underground tradition.
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Out of Mission, Texas — a border city far from the thrash capitals but no less fierce for it — Overt Enemy have been sharpening their attack since 2019. Their thrash is rooted in the Bay Area template: tight rhythmic aggression, barked vocals, and riffs that come in waves before the breakdown hits like a freight train.
Overthrash from Bauru trace their roots back to the late 1980s, recording demos between 1988 and 1991 before going dormant and fully reforming in 2014. Their 2016 album Until Death blends three of those original demo tracks with newly recorded material, delivering honest old-school thrash in the tradition of Slayer, Exodus, and Sepultura, with current members P.A.D. on vocals and drums, Edmir and Marcão on guitars, and Biro on bass.
Overthrow were a death metal band from Buenos Aires active from 1991 until their split-up. They contributed tracks "Devil's Eyes" and "Conquer the Fear" to the Death Metal Advance CD (1994), and released a split with Uruguayan band Morbid Blood titled Devil's Eyes / World of Violence in 1995, their side recorded at Matadero studios.
Sestri Levante heavy/thrash metal act from the Ligurian Riviera, formed in 2022. Their seaside Genoan-province origins provide scenic contrast to the crushing heaviness they deliver through a traditional thrash-inflected approach.
Atlanta's Overwhelmed emerged in 2014 at the intersection of melodic black metal and doom, crafting music that moves slowly but burns cold. Their compositions layer tremolo-picked melancholy over unhurried tempos, giving songs room to breathe and sink — the kind of melodic black/doom that feels as atmospheric as it does heavy.
Krasnodar heavy/progressive metal act from southern Russia, active since 2014. A decade of output from this Black Sea region city has produced a style that balances traditional metal accessibility with progressive ambition.
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