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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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When Elision of Animus emerged in 2013 from Ílhavo, they brought with them a sound rooted in metalcore, progressive metal, and thrash metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Black, death, and thrash metal band from Lahti, Finland formed in 2016, featuring Swedish-language song titles despite their Finnish origins. Their catalog includes Dorn Jonner and Skojande Svenska, performing with a raw, uncompromising intensity.
Progressive metal and thrash band from Auxerre, France formed in 1993, blending influences from Rush, Symphony X, and Dream Theater with thrash aggression from Overkill and Testament. Their extensive fantasy-themed catalog includes The Five Shires, The Call of the Black Dragon, and Mages Battle.
Death, melodic death, and thrash metal band from Staffordshire, England active since 2018. They deliver fierce, aggressive extreme metal from the West Midlands.
Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Zagreb, Croatia formed in 2023. They bring a versatile blend of extreme metal from the Croatian capital.
Technical thrash metal four-piece from Chianciano Terme, Italy featuring guitarwork by Raffaele Muscatiello alongside vocalist Jacopo Terzaroli, drummer Michelangelo Mattei, and bassist Leonardo Bellavista. Their 2023 debut Dialogue With The Outside delivers nine tracks of intricate, progressive-leaning thrash mixed and mastered at Void Studio.
In existence since 2018, this Turin Heavy Metal and Thrash Metal outfit delivers breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Porto, Portugal, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with thrash metal's velocity. Their sound represents Porto's contribution to Portuguese extreme metal.
Austrian death/thrash/groove metal act from the Gröbming/Liezen area, formed in 2020, combining the aggression of death and thrash metal with groove-driven heaviness. Their crossover approach draws from multiple extreme metal traditions to create a versatile, hard-hitting sound.
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