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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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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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Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels progressive metal and thrash metal with a focus on labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Formed in 2024, based in Moscow, the results are heavier and more inventive than the genre tag might suggest.
Groove/thrash metal band from Poitiers, France with roots stretching back to 1993. As one of the region's longest-running metal acts, they bring over three decades of heavy experience.
Thrash metal, punk, and hardcore hybrid from Kaufering in Bavaria, Germany, blending three aggressive styles with provocative humor since 2011. Their anatomically crude German name sets the tone for an irreverent, high-energy crossover assault.
Part of Poland's relentlessly productive underground, this act channels death metal and thrash metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2008, based in Wodzisław Śląski, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Thrash metal band from Velka nad Velickou in the Czech Republic's Moravia region, delivering high-speed aggression since 2005. Their long tenure makes them a veteran presence in the Czech thrash metal underground.
Crossover thrash band from Guerande in Brittany, France formed in 2022. They deliver fast, punk-infused thrash from the Atlantic coast.
Wielding death metal, progressive metal, and thrash metal as their weapon, this Dutch outfit from Terneuzen has been refining their craft since 2017. Their sound hinges on odd-time signatures woven into surprisingly accessible songwriting, delivered with total devotion.
Thrash/death/groove metal hybrid from Tabor, Czech Republic, blending three aggressive styles into a relentless sonic assault since 2018. Their name captures the unceasing, exhausting nature of their multi-genre metal approach.
Active in Voronezh since 2015, this Russian act forges Death Metal and Thrash Metal built on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end. Each release doubles down on cavernous production and churning tremolo work.
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