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Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Resleep is a technical thrash/death metal band from Pieksämäki in eastern Finland, formed in 2018. The band delivers precision-driven technical extreme metal from the Savo region.
Respawn is a thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2016. The band adds to Berlin's substantial thrash metal roster with aggressive, high-speed riffing.
Rest in Peace is a technical thrash metal band from Geroldswil, Switzerland, formed in 2011 and delivering precision-driven thrash in the Swiss German underground. The band channels complex riffing and tight arrangements in the tradition of classic technical thrash.
Black/thrash metal band from the Sassari/Valledoria area of Sardinia, active since 2018. Their crude name accompanies aggressive blackened thrash from the Mediterranean island.
Groove/thrash/power metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2017. Their triple-genre approach delivers diverse aggressive metal from the Russian capital.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Medway, England, active since 2018. Their approach combines classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Kent towns.
Thrash/speed metal band from Utrecht, the Netherlands, active since 2013. Their approach combines thrash aggression with speed metal velocity from the historic canal city.
Resurrector is a speed/thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2020. The band revives the classic speed and thrash metal traditions with high-velocity riffing and aggressive energy from Sweden's metal capital.
Retaliator is a death/thrash metal band from Marbella on the Costa del Sol in Andalusia, Spain, formed in 2025. The band channels extreme metal aggression from the sun-soaked Andalusian coast.
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