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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Rotenburg's Project Thunderbolt fires on all cylinders with a heavy-groove-thrash hybrid since 2014. Their Lower Saxon base and electrifying name promise high-voltage metal that hits with the force their moniker demands.
Operating out of Limassol since 2014, Project: Oblivion combines the melodic intricacy of Scandinavian melodeath with thrash metal's rhythmic drive. As one of Cyprus's few extreme metal exports, they represent the island's small but passionate underground scene.
From the highland town of Havlíčkův Brod, Projekt-X has been delivering no-nonsense thrash metal since 2014. Their Vysočina region origins place them in the rural heart of the Czech Republic, far from the scene's metropolitan centers.
Power and thrash metal band from Dartford, England, formed in 2014, delivering energetic power-thrash from the Kent commuter belt. They bring anthemic metal fury to the southeastern English underground.
Thrash and death metal band from Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 2010, spinning thrash-death aggression from central Russia for over fifteen years. They bring relentless rotational energy to the Russian underground.
Bad Schmiedeberg's Prophets of the Rising Dead evolved from thrash metal origins into melodic metalcore, charting a course from old-school aggression to more hook-driven territory. Their Saxony-Anhalt roots in the former East add resilience to their shape-shifting approach.
Thrash and black metal band from Krasnodar, Russia, formed in 2019, channeling satanic fury through blackened thrash from the Kuban capital. They bring infernal aggression to southern Russia.
Thrash metal band from Szczecin, Poland, formed in 2017, named after the anatomist who dissects cadavers. They deliver surgical thrash metal from the Pomeranian capital.
Barcelona's Pvrgatorii emerged in 2021 fusing black metal's atmospheric menace with punk's urgency and accessibility. Their stylized Latin name and Catalan base connect them to a Mediterranean tradition of black-punk crossover that prizes energy over orthodoxy.
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