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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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Thrash metal trio from West Yorkshire, formed in 2024, self-described as a beer metal attack. Their debut EP The Last of Hops delivers six tracks of crossover thrash with irreverent, beer-soaked humor through titles like Thrash Too Hard and Alcoholic Wheel of Pain.
German thrash metal and crossover band from Detmold and Blomberg, formed in 2014. They deliver party-fueled crossover thrash with an irreverent, beer-soaked attitude.
German blackened thrash metal band from Augsburg, formed in 2014. They fuse the speed of thrash metal with black metal's raw aggression and darkened atmosphere.
Thrash metal band from Switzerland, active since 2020. Their name suggests a lighthearted approach to the relentless riffing of thrash metal.
Sinj-based crossover thrash act active since 2014, 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 thrash metal band from Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria, formed in 2014. They bring high-octane thrash metal with a party-metal sensibility from the Bavarian heartland.
Death/thrash outfit from Sosnowiec, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Finnish thrash/death metal band from Vantaa, formed in 2013. They deliver relentless thrash-death from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
London thrash metal, crossover, and crust band formed in 2017. They fuse the speed and aggression of thrash with crust punk's raw, politically charged energy.
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