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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Speed-thrash metal band from Erlangen, Germany, active since 1995. With three decades of history, Cronos Titan are seasoned veterans of the Franconian speed-thrash scene.
Albanian groove and thrash metal outfit from Tirana, active since 1998. Their sound evolved from a groove/thrash/heavy metal hybrid in their early years toward a groove and nu-metal direction in later releases.
Black-thrash metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2024. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with the speed-driven aggression of thrash.
Thrash metal band from Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia, formed in 2019. Crossbreed delivers aggressive thrash from the Styrian hills.
Symphonic black-thrash metal band from Alexandroupoli in Thrace, Greece, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Crossover blend symphonic elements with black metal and thrash.
Progressive heavy-thrash act from Laives near Bolzano in South Tyrol, formed in 2024. Crotalo — Italian for 'rattlesnake' — blends progressive complexity with thrash aggression.
Heavy-thrash metal band from Avignon, France, formed in 2014. They blend classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Provençal city of the Popes.
Sludge-thrash metal band from Versailles, France, formed in 2016. They merge sludge weight with thrash aggression from the Parisian suburbs.
Power-thrash act from Malmö, formed in 2017. Crown of Command delivers aggressive, anthemic metal from Sweden's southernmost city.
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