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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Toxic Mind from Bocholt near the Dutch border deliver death metal channeling the poisoned psyche their name evokes since 2022. Their Westphalian border-town origin adds a cross-cultural edge to their mentally unhinged approach to brutality.
Toxic Poison is a thrash metal band with hardcore influences from Pertengo in the province of Vercelli, formed in 2023. Their doubly toxic name delivers a concentrated dose of thrash aggression from the Piedmontese rice paddies.
Toxic Pub from Athens deliver groove and thrash metal with the poisoned-watering-hole irreverence their bar-themed name demands since 2021. Their compositions pair venomous riffs with the communal energy of a metal-fueled night out.
Thrash/crossover band from Cascavel, Paraná, formed in 2014 and currently on hold. Their debut album End of the World was recorded in 2015–2016 at Embrio Estúdio in Cascavel and released in June 2016 as an independent release.
Toxic Ritual is a crossover/thrash metal band from Leeds, active since 2012. Their music fuses the speed of thrash with the punk energy of crossover, delivering high-velocity aggression from West Yorkshire.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin's Toxic Ruin, formed in 2016, play thrash metal rooted in the genre's core principles — punishing riffs, furious tempos, and a blue-collar Midwest work ethic that keeps their sound raw and unpretentious.
West Mystic, Connecticut's Toxic Shock, active since 2011, bring a straightforward and energetic thrash metal approach to New England, favoring classic song structures and aggressive delivery over modern reinvention.
Tacoma's Toxic Shock, formed in 2011, deliver thrash metal with the gritty regional character of the Pacific Northwest underground, playing the genre straight and fast without deviation from its core tenets.
An Orlando-based thrash metal act operating since 2011, this Toxic Shock bring the genre's central pillars — heavy palm-muted riffing, relentless rhythm, and aggressive vocals — to Florida's underground metal scene.
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