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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
De Doorn (2021)
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Death-thrash act from Debrecen, Hungary. Chrysos Calva delivers aggressive extreme metal rooted in the crossover between death and thrash.
Uddevalla thrash/death metal outfit active since 2012, delivering aggressive riffing from Sweden's west coast. Their sustained output speaks to a dedication to crossover extremity.
Death-thrash-groove outfit from Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, active since 2018. Chupa Cabra delivers raucous, high-energy extreme metal from Ireland's rural southwest.
Metalcore and thrash act from Imperia on the Ligurian coast, active since 2006. Chupacabras has spent nearly two decades fusing hardcore intensity with thrash metal riffing.
Thrash and death metal band from Klagenfurt, Austria, active since 2015. Their early recordings and EP showcase a raw, underground approach to extreme metal from the Carinthian scene.
Thrash metal band from Częstochowa, central Poland, formed in 2019. Churchill delivers aggressive thrash from the city best known for its Jasna Góra monastery.
Thrash metal band from Leffe in Bergamo province, active since 2005. Cianotica has been delivering aggressive thrash from the Lombardy valleys for two decades.
Thrash metal band from Wunnewil, Switzerland, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh, riff-driven thrash energy from the heart of the Swiss Fribourg canton.
Blackened death-thrash act from the small Overijssel town of Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk, formed in 2019. Cimmerii — named after the mythical people dwelling in eternal darkness — blends extreme subgenres from rural eastern Netherlands.
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