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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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French thrash/groove metal band from Vannes in Brittany, formed in 2014. They deliver riff-driven thrash-groove from the Celtic coast of northwestern France.
German thrash metal band from Koblenz, formed in 2017. They deliver fast, irreverent thrash metal from the banks of the Rhine.
French thrash metal band from Paris, formed in 2017. They deliver bad-tasting thrash metal from the French capital.
Death metal and groove/thrash metal act from Velke Mezirici, Czech Republic, active since 2016. They blend multiple strains of extreme metal into a versatile attack.
Spanish thrash metal and crossover band from Madrid, formed in 2018. They combine thrash metal speed with crossover punk energy from the Spanish capital.
Finnish heavy/thrash metal band from Tampere, formed in 2016. They deliver aggressive heavy and thrash metal from Finland's third-largest city.
Saratov-based heavy/thrash metal outfit active since 2015, combining traditional heavy metal's melodic sensibility with thrash's speed and aggression. Their sound occupies the hard-hitting middle ground between classic metal anthems and thrash metal fury.
Spanish thrash metal and hardcore band from Cantabria, formed in 2019. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with hardcore's confrontational spirit from northern Spain's coastal region.
Czech thrash metal trio from Prague, active since 2002 and self-described as being named after a favored closure on a camping gas cylinder. Their discography includes releases like Kult Kurev and Sirota, delivering raw, uncompromising thrash in the vein of Sodom.
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