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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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German thrash metal band from Elmshorn, active since 1998. As one of the longer-running thrash acts from Schleswig-Holstein, they bring over two decades of aggressive, fast-paced thrash.
German thrash metal band from Schnaitsee in Bavaria, formed in 2008. They deliver hard-hitting thrash metal from the Bavarian countryside with unrelenting energy.
German metal band from Freiberg and Ludwigsburg, formed in 2015, whose sound has evolved from thrash metal roots toward a progressive metal direction. Their stylistic shift reflects a growing ambition to incorporate complex arrangements and technical musicianship.
Thrash metal outfit from Maribor, formed in 2016. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
German thrash/death metal band from Aurich in East Frisia, formed in 2019. They combine thrash metal's velocity with death metal's crushing heaviness from the North Sea coast.
Norwegian melodic thrash metal act active since 2019, 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.
Trondheim-based crossover thrash act active since 2023, 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.
Death/thrash metal band from Bellinzona, Switzerland, active for over two decades since 2004. Their 2025 farewell album "Fooc Selvadic" closes twenty-plus years of existence, performed in regional Swiss dialect with lyrics rooted in their Ticinese heritage.
Spanish thrash metal band from Pravia in Asturias, formed in 2022. They bring fast, aggressive thrash metal to the green coast of northern Spain.
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