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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Newcastle upon Tyne-based melodic thrash metal act active since 2012, 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.
Crossover thrash outfit from Wallington, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the spirit of 1980s crossover, fusing hardcore punk's immediacy with thrash metal's technical edge.
Speed and thrash metal band from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2024 and releasing through Grom Records. Their debut "Sa dna groba," recorded at Citadela Studios in Belgrade, delivers nine tracks of high-velocity thrash under the battle cry "RAZVALJUJ!!!"
Spanish thrash metal band from Lloret de Mar on the Costa Brava, formed in 2024. Their German-named hailstorm of thrash metal comes from the sunny Catalan tourist coast.
Danish thrash/groove metal band from Horsens, formed in 2018. They load up heavy thrash-groove ammunition from the east Jutland coast.
Stockholm-based crossover thrash act active since 2020, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
German death/thrash metal band from Aschersleben in Saxony-Anhalt, formed in 2017. They deliver explosive death-thrash from the eastern German lowlands.
Thrash metal outfit from Southern Sweden, formed in 2021. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Spanish thrash metal and hardcore band from Torelló in Catalonia, formed in 2018. They fuse thrash metal speed with hardcore's confrontational energy.
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