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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Razor Instead of Tongue is a thrash metal and crossover band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2025 as one of the city's newest extreme metal acts. The band channels the aggressive energy of classic thrash with punk-infused crossover attack.
RCO is a black metal project from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2024 and incorporating punk, crossover, and progressive influences into its black metal foundation. The project represents Cyprus's small but growing contribution to Mediterranean extreme metal.
Odesa thrash metal and crossover act formed in 2013, fusing aggressive riffing with hardcore punk energy from Ukraine's southern coast. Their pit-ready approach channels the confrontational spirit of both traditions.
Reacción Corrupta is a thrash metal and crossover band from Girona in Catalonia, Spain, active since 1990. Over three decades of thrash metal make them one of the veteran acts of the Catalan extreme metal scene.
Thrash metal/crossover band from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2019. Their playful name accompanies energetic crossover thrash from the Emilia-Romagna capital.
Recast is a thrash/progressive metal and crossover band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2024. The band merges progressive complexity with thrash aggression and crossover energy from Bavaria's capital.
Reclaimed is a thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2020. The band fuses thrash aggression with hardcore and crossover punk energy from the French capital.
Reel Fiction is a heavy metal band originally from Berlin, Germany, that later relocated to Sassari in Sardinia, evolving from heavy metal roots into a crossover/gothic metal sound. The band's geographic shift mirrors their stylistic evolution across genres.
Progressive thrash metal/crossover band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2020. Their approach combines progressive complexity with thrash velocity and crossover energy.
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