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Bothrash is a speed/thrash metal band from Turrialba, Costa Rica, formed in 2014. The band released early tracks including "Pecado Infernal" and "Gritos de Placer" in 2014, delivering aggressive thrash metal with Spanish-language lyrics. Their sound channels the raw energy of classic Latin American thrash in the tradition of the region's underground metal scene.
Boto não é Golfinho was a death metal and grindcore band from Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, active until their 2022 split-up. The band played fast, abrasive extreme metal in the noisecore tradition, releasing the album "Parlamentáveis" in March 2022, a nine-track record with a combined runtime of just over ten minutes.
Motala-based sludge/post-metal outfit active since 2018, building dynamic compositions that oscillate between abrasive sludge riffing and atmospheric expanses. Their music trades in tension and release, alternating quiet passages with crushing walls of distortion.
Grindcore act from Voronezh, formed in 2007. Their music exists in a state of perpetual detonation, packing blast beats and screamed vocals into compositions that rarely exceed the two-minute mark.
Thrash metal outfit from Manchester, formed in 2024. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
German thrash metal and crossover band from Frankfurt an der Oder, formed in 2017. They deliver party-fueled crossover thrash from the Polish-German border city.
Emerging in 2014 from Katowice, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Danish sludge metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2016. They deliver murky, bottom-feeding sludge metal from the Danish capital.
French heavy metal and hard rock band from Chelles near Paris, formed in 2020. They play bottom-line heavy metal from the eastern Parisian suburbs.
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