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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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Finnish thrash metal band from Laihia in South Ostrobothnia, formed in 2020. They deliver head-chopping thrash metal from the Finnish flatlands.
Thrash metal and hardcore band from Geel, Belgium, formed in 2019. They merge thrash metal's technical riffing with hardcore's aggressive directness.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Massagno, Switzerland, active since 2014. They blend thrash metal's speed with crossover punk energy from the Italian-speaking Ticino region.
Finnish heavy/thrash metal band from Vantaa, formed in 2019. They deliver all-seeing heavy and thrash metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Kurgan-based thrash metal act active since 1995, 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 Russian filter.
Thrash metal outfit from Sarpsborg, formed in 2023. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Czech thrash/death metal band from Prague, formed in 2012. They channel aggressive thrash and death metal with punishing rhythms and relentless intensity.
Thrash and melodic metalcore band from Southampton, formed in 2010. Their early demos including Eagle Eyed Generation and Dying Revolution blend aggressive thrash riffing with melodic metalcore sensibilities.
French band from Saint-Jean-de-Luz in the Basque Country, active since 1990. Their three-decade evolution from punk/hard rock to crossover/thrash metal reflects a deepening commitment to heaviness.
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