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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Portuguese thrash metal band from Loures with roots back to 2001, making them one of Portugal's longer-running thrash acts. Their two decades of relentless aggression mark them as veterans of the Lisbon-area metal scene.
Groove/thrash metal band from Mannheim, Germany, merging heavy groove-laden riffs with thrash aggression since 2016. Their sound sits at the punishing intersection of rhythmic groove metal and rapid-fire thrash.
Italian thrash/death metal band from Catanzaro in Calabria, merging thrash speed with death metal brutality since 2018. Their name captures the hateful, scorched-earth character of their extreme metal.
French thrash metal band from Rennes, delivering old-school thrash aggression since 2010. Their name references the ancient punishment of stoning, matching the punishing intensity of their sound.
Spanish thrash metal band from Vigo, channeling classic thrash aggression with Galician intensity. Their sound delivers the genre's signature speed and razor-sharp riffing.
Norwegian heavy/thrash metal band from Solheimsvik, combining classic heavy metal power with thrash velocity since 2012. Named after a Misfits track, their sound channels punk-influenced metal aggression.
German thrash metal band spanning Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, and Osnabruck, unleashing nine tracks of war-themed thrash on their 2017 self-titled debut. Songs like 'Benefits Of War' and 'Those Who Don't Fear Death' deliver European-flavored thrash aggression.
Belgian melodic death/thrash metal act from Diepenbeek, active since 2005 under various names before settling as Last Funeral in 2004. Their sound merges melodic sensibility with thrash aggression across releases like 'Incipient Grim.'
French thrash metal band from Angers, delivering relentless speed and aggression since 2017. Their sound channels classic thrash metal's razor-sharp riffing through the French underground.
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