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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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Deaf is a crossover thrash band from Gradara, in the Pesaro and Urbino province of Italy, formed in 2015. The project fuses thrash metal aggression with punk energy in a fast and furious crossover assault.
Deal with It is a thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Leeds, England, formed in 2023. They deliver no-nonsense crossover thrash from West Yorkshire.
Deathbus is a crossover/thrash metal and crust band from the Belfast/Lisburn area of Northern Ireland, formed in 2016. They ride the deathbus through fierce crossover thrash and crust.
Deceaded is a crossover thrash band from Rzeszow, Poland, formed in 2021. The project merges thrash metal's velocity with punk energy.
Defiance is a crossover/thrash metal band from Caen, France, formed in 2021. They defy with energetic crossover thrash from Normandy.
Depilatory is a crossover thrash band from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2016. The project merges thrash metal aggression with punk energy in a fast and furious crossover assault from the Emilia-Romagna scene.
Der pogende Pinguin is a thrash metal/crossover/hardcore punk band from Tirschenreuth, Germany, formed in 2019. Their irreverent name belies a ferocious crossover assault blending thrash, hardcore, and punk.
Despot is a thrash metal and crossover band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2021. The band fuse the speed of thrash metal with the punk energy of crossover.
Detonacja is a crossover thrash and heavy metal band from Gdansk, Poland, formed in 2014. The project merges thrash metal with punk and heavy metal from the Baltic coast.
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