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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Crossover/thrash metal band from Kent, England, formed in 2025. Their approach blends thrash velocity with crossover punk energy from the Garden of England.
Ritual Killing is a death/thrash metal band from Coburg in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, formed in 2023. The band delivers extreme metal from the historic fortress city on the Thuringian border.
River's Edge is a thrash metal band from Täby, Sweden, formed in 2014. The band delivers sharp, riff-driven thrash metal from the northern suburbs of Stockholm.
Thrash metal band from Novi Sad, Serbia, active since 2017. Their approach delivers thrash aggression from Serbia's second city.
Crossover/thrash metal band from Norwich, England, active since 2019. Their motorized name accompanies high-velocity crossover thrash from East Anglia.
Roadkill XIII is a death/thrash metal band from Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany, active since 2004, having evolved from earlier groove/thrash roots into a heavier death-thrash direction. Over two decades of activity make them veterans of the Bavarian extreme metal scene.
Roar is a thrash metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2010. Over a decade of thrash from the Spanish capital establishes them as a fixture of the Madrid scene.
Roarback is a death/thrash metal band from the Roskilde/Slagelse/Sorø area on the island of Zealand in Denmark, formed in 2012. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from the western Zealand region, home to Denmark's famous Roskilde festival.
Rock Solid is a thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2024. A newcomer to the Gothenburg metal scene, the band brings fresh thrash metal aggression to a city long dominated by melodic death metal.
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