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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Rancour is a thrash metal/hardcore punk band from Cardiff, the capital of Wales, active since 2016. The band fuses thrash aggression with hardcore punk intensity from the Welsh capital.
Rancunes is a deathcore band from Dunkirk on the northernmost coast of France, formed in 2025. The band delivers heavy breakdowns from the industrial port city near the Belgian border.
Rancúnia is a death/thrash metal band from Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2025. The band represents the newest generation of Catalan extreme metal.
Naples thrash metal outfit formed in 2018, delivering aggressive speed from the shadow of Vesuvius. Their Italian name translates to 'Strays,' matching the scrappy, street-level energy of their thrash attack.
Neapolitan thrash metal act named after Stephen King's iconic villain, formed in 1986 by teenage musicians and producing the 1988 demo 'Exogini' before splitting in 1990. One of Naples' earliest thrash metal bands, their brief existence captured the raw energy of Italy's late-80s extreme metal emergence.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Dąbrowa Górnicza in Poland's Silesian conurbation, active since 2016. Their approach combines heavy metal with thrash aggression from the industrial heartland.
Randir is a folk/black metal band from Gerolstein in the Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, formed in 2014. The project weaves folk melodies into black metal from the volcanic highlands of western Germany.
Nijmegen thrash metal outfit formed in 2010, delivering aggressive speed and precision from the Netherlands' oldest city. Their sustained commitment to thrash speaks to the genre's enduring appeal.
Random Black is a NWOBHM/heavy metal band from Essex, England, formed in 2015. The band channels the classic spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from east of London.
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