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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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Black/thrash metal act from Stockholm, formed in 2013. Their compositions hurtle forward at breakneck tempos, driven by the marriage of thrash's precision riffing and black metal's hostile atmosphere.
Finnish black/thrash metal band from Tampere and Lempäälä, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal's darkness with thrash metal's speed from the Pirkanmaa region.
Katowice-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.
Progressive thrash metal band from Lancashire, active since 2016. Their releases deliver adrenaline-fuelled, power-packed heavy metal and hard rock with progressive flourishes.
Metalcore crossover formation from the Kempen area of Belgium, active since 2020 with an energetic live presence. Their split with UK's Devils Grip and releases like "Shedding Skin" fuse metalcore intensity with crossover punk aggression.
Czech thrash/death metal and metalcore act from Rokycany, formed in 2018. They bring a volatile mix of thrash and death metal intensity with metalcore breakdowns.
Finnish thrash/heavy metal band from Järvenpää, active since 1998. With over a quarter century of output, they are one of the most seasoned thrash acts in the Uusimaa region.
Since 2025, this Ukrainian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Kyiv. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
French death/thrash metal band from Paris, formed in 2018. They deliver beer-fueled death-thrash from the French capital.
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