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Absinthe channels death and thrash metal from the Île-de-France town of Limay since 2017, named after the notorious green spirit that fueled so much Parisian art. Their intoxicating name suits a sound that hits with hallucinatory intensity.
Absolate delivers groove and thrash metal from Cherepovets in the Vologda Region since 2017. From this northern Russian steel-industry city, they forge rhythmically aggressive compositions with industrial-town toughness.
Absolution brings heavy and thrash metal from the Potteries city of Stoke-on-Trent since 2013, channeling the Staffordshire industrial heartland's blue-collar grit into aggressive metal. Over a decade of activity speaks to deep roots in the Midlands scene.
Death/thrash metal band from Aigle, Switzerland, active in the underground metal scene of the French-speaking Canton of Vaud. Their material places them in the tradition of technically driven death-thrash, blending aggression with intricate guitar work rooted in the Swiss extreme metal underground.
Absurd are a thrash metal band from Maaseik in Belgian Limburg, whose Bandcamp presence documents a project committed to the genre's most uncompromising, 80s-rooted tradition. Rooted in the riff-first aggression of classic European thrash, their material channels the same raw energy that defined the early Teutonic and Bay Area movements into their own distinctly underground Belgian idiom.
Absurd² explores progressive and technical thrash metal from Oslo since 2014. Their mathematically squared absurdity drives compositions of intensified chaos from the Norwegian capital.
Abulto is a death and thrash metal band from Palencia in Castile and Leon, Spain, formed in 2021, whose 2021 debut Almacabra delivers four tracks of death metal exploring religious themes of apostasy, redemption, and resurrection. The album was mixed and mastered by Ton Moreno at Grindahaus Studios and released through Base Record Production.
Abused plays thrash metal with death metal and death 'n' roll influences from Stockholm since 2015. Their name of victimhood drives a decade of aggressive compositions that channel damage into musical violence.
Abuser has thrashed out of Milan since 2024, joining Lombardy's thriving thrash metal revival with a direct, no-frills approach. Their confrontational name captures the blunt-force aggression that defines their riff-driven assault.
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