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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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German blackened thrash metal and punk band from Berlin, formed in 2024. They fuse blackened thrash with punk's raw, confrontational spirit.
Since 2016, this Italian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Vicenza. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Finnish death/thrash metal band formed in 2020. They channel erupting death-thrash intensity.
German thrash metal band from Frankfurt, active since 1991. With over three decades of history, they are one of the Rhine-Main region's longest-running thrash acts.
Since 2024, this Croatian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Beli Manastir. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
French thrash metal band from Saran near Orléans, formed in 2020. They deliver bloodless thrash metal from the Loire Valley.
Death/thrash outfit from Soncino (Cremona), formed in 2019. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Thrash metal band from Sion, Switzerland, active since 2013. They carry the thrash metal torch from the Valais Alps.
Larissa-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2018, 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.
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