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High-energy heavy metal band from Mechelen, Belgium, formed in 2016, delivering fast-paced rock'n'roll-infused metal with driving rhythms and intense guitar work. They recorded at MotorMusic Studios in Mechelen with engineer Steve DeClercq.
Berlin's Ploutonion emerged in 2022 with death metal named after the ancient Greek portal to the underworld. Their capital-city base provides access to Berlin's deep well of extreme metal talent, and their classical reference suggests lyrical ambitions beyond the genre's typical fare.
Seville's Prolapse Necrofílico operates at the most deliberately offensive intersection of death metal and goregrind since 2016. Their Andalusian capital base and provocative name establish a commitment to the genre's most transgressive traditions.
Phoenix's Pointbreak have been fusing Bay Area-style thrash aggression with hardcore's stripped-down urgency since 2017, forging a crossover sound that hits with the blunt force of both traditions. Their approach trades subtlety for impact — tight, violent riffs backed by the kind of vocals that feel more like a confrontation than a performance.
Formed in 2012 by Wilson (Evil Puke), Luan (slaughterrazor), and Alex Henrique Rangel, Poison Beer played aggressive old-school thrash drawing heavily from the German scene while weaving in crossover, black, and death metal influences. Their 2013 EP Poisoning the Priest laid out their provocative lyrical obsessions — alcohol, evil, and anti-religious sacrilege — over six short blasts of raw, unpolished thrash.
Poison Blood is a black metal project formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2017, a collaboration between Jenks Miller (Horseback) and Neill Jameson (Krieg), developed remotely without the two musicians ever having met in person. Their self-titled debut EP (2017) drew explicit inspiration from Beherit's Drawing Down the Moon, channeling raw early black metal through textures that also incorporated deathrock, dungeon synth, and occult imagery. The project represents a concise but pointed statement from two of American underground black metal's more distinctive voices.
Heavy metal band from A Coruna, Spain, formed in 2020, wielding classic heavy metal like a blade from the Galician coast. They bring the spirit of traditional heavy metal to northwestern Spain.
Poison Headache is a crossover thrash trio from San Diego, California, formed in 2010 by Phil Sgrosso (of As I Lay Dying), vocalist Andy Kukta, and drummer Kyle Rosa. Drawing on hardcore, crust, and thrash metal, the band released their self-titled debut through Metal Blade Records in 2016, which was praised for modernizing the crossover template with abrasive intensity and no-frills aggression.
Poison the Preacher is a thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore punk band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2021. The band blends raw hardcore aggression with old-school thrash principles and released their debut full-length "Vs the World" in 2025 through Concreto Records. Their catalog also includes several singles and a split release from 2022–2023.
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