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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 metal and crossover act from Almeria in southeastern Spain, delivering high-speed, punk-infused aggression since 2018. Their biologically referencing name adds a scientific edge to their chaotic crossover thrash.
Crafting their sound since 2015, this Grevenmacher Black Metal, Death Metal, and Thrash Metal outfit delivers tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Their place within a growing underground metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Thrash/death metal band from Barreiro across the Tagus from Lisbon, Portugal active since 2017. Their sound fuses thrash speed with death metal brutality from the industrial south bank of the Lisbon metropolitan area.
Thrash/death metal act from Switzerland named after the Japanese Buddhist lord of hell, active since 2014. Their mythologically inspired moniker reflects a sound steeped in darkness, aggression, and relentless thrashing intensity.
Black/thrash metal band from Metz, France active since 2002. They fuse black metal ferocity with thrash speed from the Lorraine region.
Progressive/thrash/doom metal act from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2022, merging the cerebral complexity of progressive metal with thrash speed and doom heaviness. Their three-genre approach creates a dynamic, unpredictable listening experience.
Warsaw, Poland — black metal, death metal, and thrash metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2006, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Pushing the boundaries of thrash metal, this Polish outfit from Jelenia Góra has been refining their craft since 2006. Their sound hinges on galloping rhythms and shredding leads that recall metal's golden age, delivered with iron-willed focus.
In existence since 2019, this Moscow Death Metal and Thrash Metal outfit delivers guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Their place within Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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