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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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Formed in 2025, this Warsaw Crossover Thrash outfit delivers D.R.I.-descended riffing built for circle pits and stage dives. Their place within Poland's relentlessly productive underground speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Crossover act from Germany fusing death metal and grindcore in a chaotic sonic assault since 2025. Their approach channels the most extreme elements of each genre into a relentless, genre-defying barrage.
In existence since 2021, this IJmuiden Crossover Thrash and Thrash Metal outfit delivers D.R.I.-descended riffing built for circle pits and stage dives. Their place within Holland's dense concentration of metal talent speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels crossover thrash and thrash metal with a focus on hardcore punk velocity fused with thrash metal's technical edge. Formed in 2017, based in Brescia, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
Groove metal and crossover act from Arrasate-Mondragon in the Basque Country, Spain, that later incorporated nu-metal elements since 2022. Their evolution reflects the dynamic, genre-crossing character of the Basque underground scene.
Thrash metal and crossover act from Pamplona in Navarre, Spain, blending high-speed aggression with punk attitude since 2019. Their electrified eel name captures the shocking, high-voltage energy of their crossover thrash.
Thrash metal and crossover act from Almeria in southeastern Spain, delivering high-speed, punk-infused aggression since 2018. Their biologically referencing name adds a scientific edge to their chaotic crossover thrash.
Nizhny Novgorod's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this crossover thrash and thrash metal unit is among them — wielding hardcore punk velocity fused with thrash metal's technical edge. Uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Crossover thrash band from Guerande in Brittany, France formed in 2022. They deliver fast, punk-infused thrash from the Atlantic coast.
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