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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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Crossover and thrash metal band from Ohrid, North Macedonia, formed in 2022, bringing raw thrash energy from the shores of Lake Ohrid. They channel primal fear through aggressive crossover thrash.
Speed and thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2024, named after the mythological figure who stretched or cut victims to fit his iron bed. They deliver razor-sharp speed-thrash with mythological Hellenic fury.
Thrash metal band from Almada, Portugal, formed in 2023, named after one of the brightest stars in the night sky. They bring stellar thrash metal energy to the southern Lisbon metropolitan area.
Technical thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2024, whose Greek name means 'extension' or 'projection.' They bring technically demanding thrash metal to the newest wave of Athenian metal.
A 2025 death-thrash project from the Hessian town of Grünberg, Profet channels prophetic fury through riff-driven compositions. Their fresh arrival on the scene brings new energy to the central German extreme metal underground.
Death and thrash metal band from Parma, Italy, formed in 2015, delivering aggressive death-thrash from the food capital of Italy. They bring extreme metal to an unlikely culinary paradise.
Death and thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2016, delivering explosive death-thrash from the Finnish capital. They combine the best elements of both genres into a volatile mix.
Meppen's Project Fear fuses thrash metal with industrial textures since 2019, creating a cold, mechanistic aggression from the Emsland district. Their Lower Saxon border-region setting — close to the Netherlands — adds cross-cultural influence to their hybrid sound.
A 2024 German project bridging melodic death metal with metalcore's dynamic range, Path of Ira channels righteous fury through technically proficient compositions. Their modern approach to the melodeath template reflects the ongoing evolution of German extreme metal.
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