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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Crossover thrash outfit from Wallington, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the spirit of 1980s crossover, fusing hardcore punk's immediacy with thrash metal's technical edge.
Danish death metal band from Ribe, Denmark's oldest town, formed in 2016. They deliver explosive death metal from the ancient Viking settlement.
Szczecin-based grindcore outfit active since 2018, delivering ferocious blasts of fury that leave no room for conventional song structures. Their compositions compress maximum aggression into minimal running times.
German melodic speed metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2012. They combine speed metal's velocity with melodic precision and soaring leads.
Speed and thrash metal band from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2024 and releasing through Grom Records. Their debut "Sa dna groba," recorded at Citadela Studios in Belgrade, delivers nine tracks of high-velocity thrash under the battle cry "RAZVALJUJ!!!"
Czech grindcore and crust punk band from Brno, formed in 2012. They deliver short, explosive bursts of grinding intensity married to crust punk's raw DIY ethos.
Spanish thrash metal band from Lloret de Mar on the Costa Brava, formed in 2024. Their German-named hailstorm of thrash metal comes from the sunny Catalan tourist coast.
German heavy metal band from Meerane in Saxony, formed in 2014. They play aggressive, hard-hitting heavy metal with punk-infused energy.
Danish thrash/groove metal band from Horsens, formed in 2018. They load up heavy thrash-groove ammunition from the east Jutland coast.
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