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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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Ljubljana-based heavy metal act active since 2017, delivering riff-driven compositions rooted in the genre's foundational traditions of power chords, soaring vocals, and galloping rhythms. Their sound carries the unmistakable stamp of classic heavy metal conviction.
Gothenburg-based black/thrash metal outfit active since 2018, fusing black metal's atmospheric venom with thrash's riff-driven velocity. Their high-energy sound channels the raw spirit of early Bathory, Sodom, and Destruction.
Spanish speed/thrash metal band from Bilbao, formed in 2018. They deliver fast, freezing speed-thrash from the Basque industrial heartland.
Leikanger-based speed/thrash metal outfit active since 2014, channeling the breakneck velocity of early speed metal through a modern thrash lens. Their riff-first approach delivers the kind of neck-wrecking momentum that defined the genre's golden age.
German heavy/speed metal band from Bad Iburg in Lower Saxony, formed in 2025. They bring blazing speed metal energy paired with traditional heavy metal foundations.
Finnish heavy/black/speed metal band from Hyvinkää, formed in 2018. They draw from three classic metal traditions for a fast, dark, and powerful sound.
Croatia (early); Moscow-based speed metal outfit active since 2020, delivering breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riffing that recalls the genre's 1980s heyday. Their relentless approach channels the raw velocity of early Exciter and Agent Steel.
German thrash/speed metal band from the Oberlungwitz-Chemnitz area in Saxony, formed in 2017. They deliver high-velocity thrash and speed metal from the Saxon underground.
Leiria-based black/thrash metal outfit active since 2025, fusing black metal's atmospheric venom with thrash's riff-driven velocity. Their high-energy sound channels the raw spirit of early Bathory, Sodom, and Destruction.
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