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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
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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Thrash/black/death metal band originally from Norway, active since the mid-2000s. Their sound fuses three extreme metal pillars into a chaotic, boundary-crossing hybrid.
Speed metal and thrash band from Helsinki, Finland with roots going back to 1995. They are among the elder statesmen of Finnish speed/thrash metal.
Thrash metal band split between Sweden and the United States, active since 2015. Their transatlantic presence channels thrash metal aggression from both sides of the ocean.
When Execracion emerged in 2021 from Milan, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and thrash metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Black thrash and metal punk band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2014, featuring Paco on guitars, Javi on vocals, Magu on bass, and Letxon on drums. Their 2014 demo was released on a limited 200-copy cassette through Raw War Tapes, recorded at Sonic Riot Studio.
Thrash metal band from Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain active since 2010. They deliver raw, aggressive thrash from the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia.
Thrash metal band from Ceske Budejovice in southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, delivering high-speed aggression since 2012. Their executioner-themed name captures the lethal precision of their thrash metal assault.
Power/thrash metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, blending anthemic power metal with thrash velocity since 2013. Their acceleration-referencing name captures the building speed and intensity of their dynamic metal.
Trondheim's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal and thrash metal unit is among them — wielding technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
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