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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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Long-running thrash/death metal act from Campbon in western France, active since 2003. Over two decades they have honed a crossover sound blending thrash metal's velocity with death metal's heaviness.
Spanish thrash metal and crossover band from Lleida in Catalonia, formed in 2011. They play fast, punk-infused crossover thrash from the Catalan interior.
German thrash metal band from Berlin, formed in 2020. They play fast, bloody thrash metal from the capital's thriving underground.
Thrash metal outfit from England, formed in 2025. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Death/thrash outfit from Malmköping, formed in 2023. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Progressive and thrash metal band from St. Ursen, Switzerland, active since 2014. They merge progressive complexity with thrash metal's urgency.
Turin-based thrash metal act active since 2022, 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 Italian filter.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Épinal in northeastern France, formed in 2023. A young act channeling the spirit of classic thrash and traditional heavy metal.
Thrash metal band from Fullinsdorf, Switzerland, one of the longer-running Swiss thrash acts, active since 2005. Over two decades of thrashing from the Basel-Landschaft canton.
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