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Thrash metal band from North Brabant, formed in 2017. Context delivers sharp, aggressive thrash from the southern Netherlands.
Thrash metal band from Seengen, Switzerland, active since 2010. They channel aggressive, riff-driven thrash fueled by speed and precision.
Progressive thrash metal band from Spiez in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, formed in 2020. Their sound merges complex progressive arrangements with the driving aggression of thrash metal.
Groove-thrash band from Tarvisio near the Austrian and Slovenian borders, active since 1997. Contrasto — Italian for 'contrast' — is one of Friuli's longest-running metal acts with nearly three decades of output.
Death-thrash act from Wrocław, formed in 2020. Contregator delivers aggressive extreme metal from the capital of Lower Silesia.
Black-thrash metal band from Toulon, France, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash metal velocity from the Var coast.
Progressive thrash band from Serravalle Sesia in Vercelli province, active since 2012. Controsigillo — Italian for 'counter-seal' — blends technical complexity with thrash aggression from Piedmont.
Death and thrash metal band from Innsbruck, Austria, active since 2014. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven extreme metal from the Tyrolean Alps, blending the ferocity of death metal with thrash's relentless pace.
Death metal band from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, started in 2007 as death/thrash before evolving toward a purer death metal sound around 2012. Their 2019 debut 'Unrest in Peace' features material spanning years of development by members Damir Dizdarevic, Ivan Nikic, Nedim Sehic, and Sead Hadzic.
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