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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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German speed/thrash metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2017. They deliver blazing speed and thrash metal from Baden-Württemberg's capital.
French speed/thrash metal band from Montluçon, formed in 2012. They deliver wished-for speed/thrash from the Allier region of central France.
French heavy/speed metal band from Orléans, formed in 2014. They deliver witchy heavy and speed metal from the historic Loire Valley city.
Guspini (South Sardinia)-based speed metal outfit active since 2012, 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.
Warsaw-based speed metal outfit active since 2019, 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 melodic speed metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2012. They combine speed metal's velocity with melodic precision and soaring leads.
Speed and thrash metal band from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2024 and releasing through Grom Records. Their debut "Sa dna groba," recorded at Citadela Studios in Belgrade, delivers nine tracks of high-velocity thrash under the battle cry "RAZVALJUJ!!!"
Thrash metal outfit from Lodi, formed in 2019. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
German heavy/speed metal band from Lower Saxony, formed in 2016. They combine heavy metal foundations with speed metal's blistering pace.
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