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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Mentally Murdered (2019)
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French melodic death/thrash metal band based between Annecy and Lyon, active since 2009. Their releases The Universal Disease and Seven Years showcase a blend of melodic death metal hooks with thrash metal aggression.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, active since 2017. They bring melodic aggression from Switzerland's cosmopolitan French-speaking metropolis.
Trondheim-based melodic black metal project active since 2017, tempering raw aggression with sweeping arrangements and harmonized guitar leads. Their approach balances the genre's inherent hostility with moments of dark grandeur.
Vänersborg-based melodic death metal act active since 2012, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
Groove metal outfit from Kampen, formed in 2022. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
Finnish symphonic/melodic death/pagan metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2019. They layer symphonic grandeur and pagan themes over melodic death metal foundations for an epic, cinematic sound.
Kyiv-based melodic thrash metal act active since 2015, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
German melodic death/groove metal and metalcore band from Böblingen, formed in 2024. They merge three aggressive metal styles with melodic sensibility.
Spanish metalcore and melodic death metal band from Guernica in the Basque Country, formed in 2013. They channel misery-laden metalcore with melodeath influences from the historically significant Basque town.
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