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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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Finnish melodic death/thrash metal band from Kotka, formed in 2024. They deliver red-hot melodic death-thrash from the southeastern coast.
Metalcore and thrash metal band from West Flanders, Belgium, formed in 2026. They represent the newest generation of Belgian extreme metal, merging metalcore breakdowns with thrash metal velocity.
Dunfermline death/thrash metal band incorporating diverse musical influences beyond their extreme metal foundation. Their releases The Next Chapter and their self-titled album deliver aggressive riffing tempered by eclectic genre-bending tendencies.
Since 2024, this Dutch thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Leiden. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
French thrash metal band from Uzès in Languedoc, formed in 2025. They deliver blood-shedding thrash from the ancient ducal city of southern France.
Since 2010, this Italian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Varese. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Oslo-based thrash metal unit formed in 2004 by Pete Evil and Faust, delivering relentless old-school thrash with a modern edge. Their high-energy approach draws from the golden era of Bay Area and Teutonic thrash while maintaining a distinctly Norwegian identity.
German metalcore/thrash metal band from the Neuwied-Koblenz area, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of experience, they are a veteran presence in the Rhineland-Palatinate metal scene.
Stockholm-based thrash metal act active since 2008, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Swedish filter.
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