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Featured Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Tribute to Erik Lindmark (Deeds of Flesh) (2020)
05/11 @ Three Links Deep Ellum, Dallas
Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Spanish thrash/groove metal band from Palma on Mallorca, active since 1987. With nearly four decades of history, they are one of Spain's longest-running metal bands and a Balearic Islands institution.
Since 2014, this Italian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Milan. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Spanish death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Laudio in the Basque Country, formed in 2015. They fuse extreme metal aggression with metalcore dynamics from the Basque Alava province.
West Yorkshire-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2012, anchoring their riff-driven assault in mid-tempo grooves that demand involuntary headbanging. Their compositions balance thrash metal's speed with the crushing rhythmic weight of groove metal.
German heavy/speed/thrash metal band from Hamburg, active since 2005. They draw from three strands of classic metal for a fast, powerful, and versatile sound.
German thrash metal band from Rothenburg, formed in 2023. They deliver lightning-fast thrash metal befitting their electrifying name.
Leidschendam-based melodic thrash metal act active since 1999, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
French crossover/thrash metal band formed in 2013. They deliver bloc-smashing crossover thrash.
German metalcore/thrash/death metal band from Berlin, formed in 2011. They fuse metalcore breakdowns with thrash and death metal aggression for a multifaceted extreme sound.
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