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Ich hatt einen Kameraden (2016)
Featured Black Metal Album
Les Chants de l'Aurore (2024)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Voyage of the Dead Marauder (2024)
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Black-thrash metal band from Vigo, Spain, formed in 2019. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash aggression from the Galician Atlantic coast.
Black-folk-thrash act from Skellefteå in northern Sweden, active since 2014. Cosmic Death blends folk elements and thrash aggression with black metal from the sub-Arctic Norrland.
Thrash metal band from Wasbek in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, active since 2002. With over two decades of activity, Cosmic Haze are seasoned thrash veterans from the North German plains.
Progressive thrash act from Zhytomyr in central Ukraine, formed in 2022. Cosmic Jaguar delivers technically ambitious thrash from the Polissia region.
Progressive thrash metal band from Salzburg, Austria, active since 2014. They expand the thrash template with progressive structures and technical musicianship, adding cerebral depth to high-speed aggression.
Groove-thrash-metalcore hybrid from Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, active since 2014. Cosmogon delivers genre-crossing aggression from the country's second-largest city.
Grindcore band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2014. They deliver abrasive, chaotic grinding fury from the Spanish capital.
Italian thrash metal unit forged in 2016, named after the rare neurological delusion where patients believe they are dead. Their caustic riffing and aggressive attack reflect the psychological horror embedded in their namesake condition.
Crossover thrash band from Serres in northern Greece, formed in 2019. They blend thrash metal with hardcore punk energy from the Macedonian region.
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