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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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Since 2023, this Swedish thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Enköping. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Five-piece thrash metal act from Perth, Scotland, active since 2014, playing straightforward old-fashioned thrash. Their self-titled debut features three tracks including Ragnarok and World of War.
Thrash metal band from Newport in South Wales, active since 2014. They deliver aggressive thrash metal from the Welsh underground scene.
Thrash metal outfit from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2020. They deliver punishing riffs and relentless tempos drawn from the classic thrash metal playbook.
German black/thrash metal band from the Bavaria-Baden-Württemberg border region, formed in 2015. They deliver fast, evil black/thrash with a venomous edge.
Progressive thrash/power metal band from Reading, active since 2012. They blend the technical complexity of progressive metal with the energy of thrash and power metal.
Finnish thrash metal band from Leppävirta in Savonia, formed in 2014. They deliver fast thrash metal from the forested eastern Finnish countryside.
Danish black/thrash metal band from Svendborg, active since 2002. With over two decades of blackened thrash, they are one of the Funen island's most seasoned extreme metal acts.
German metalcore and thrash metal band from the Goslar-Brunswick area, formed in 2017. They combine metalcore's breakdowns with thrash metal's speed and aggression.
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