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Featured Album
Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Finnish thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore punk band from Helsinki, formed in 2023. They deliver bullet-speed aggression across three punk and metal styles.
German thrash metal and crossover band from Leipzig, formed in 2019. They deliver fast, party-ready crossover thrash from Saxony's metal capital.
Rostov-on-Don-based crossover thrash act active since 2018, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
Spanish crossover/thrash metal band from El Prat de Llobregat near Barcelona. They play fast crossover thrash from the Catalan industrial outskirts.
London-based sludge metal/hardcore outfit active since 2013, fusing sludge's corrosive weight with hardcore punk's confrontational energy and brevity. Their caustic sound channels the aggression of both worlds into a punishing, feedback-laden assault.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Oberweissenbach, Austria, formed in 2019. They fuse thrash metal speed with crossover punk energy for a high-velocity attack.
Crossover thrash band from Kiel on the Baltic Sea, Germany, formed in 2023. They blend the speed of thrash metal with hardcore punk energy from Germany's northernmost major city.
Crossover thrash act from Kraków, formed in 2018. Cebulandia — a playful Polish name referencing onions — delivers punk-fueled thrash with tongue-in-cheek humor.
Crossover thrash band from Tours, France, active since 2009. They blend thrash metal speed with hardcore punk energy from the Loire Valley.
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