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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Metal Raign is a thrash/heavy metal band from Abensberg, Germany, active since 2016. Their sound combines the velocity of thrash metal with the anthemic power of classic heavy metal from the Lower Bavarian underground.
Metal Shack is a death and thrash metal band from the UK, formed in 2021. They forge aggressive extreme metal from the British underground.
Metal Strings is a thrash metal act from Smolensk, active since 2012. The band delivers aggressive thrash from the historic fortress city on the western Russian frontier.
MetalFear is a melodic death and thrash metal band from Vaala, Finland, formed in 2014. They fuse melodic death metal with thrash metal's aggressive momentum from rural northern Finland.
Metalheadz is a heavy/thrash metal act from Verona, active since 2002. One of the veteran acts in the Veneto metal underground, the band delivers no-frills metal with the devotion their name declares.
Metaliator is a thrash metal act from Warsaw, active since 2013. The band delivers aggressive, gladiatorial thrash from the Polish capital.
Metalicüs is a thrash metal band from Almería, Spain, formed in 2015. They channel aggressive thrash metal energy from the southeastern coast of Spain.
Metalkrüsa is a heavy and thrash metal band from Ceuta, Spain, formed in 2024. They forge heavy thrash from the Spanish exclave on the North African coast.
A thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore punk act from Novosibirsk, Metallization has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2015. The band channels Siberia's largest city's underground energy into fast, genre-crossing metal.
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