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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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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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Death and thrash metal band from Bergerac in the Dordogne region of France, active since 2015. Their sound merges death and thrash metal into a potent combination of speed and heaviness from rural southwestern France.
Melodic death and thrash metal band from Hoogeveen in the northern Netherlands, active since 2019. Their sound bridges the melodic richness of Scandinavian death metal with thrash's relentless speed.
Metalcore and thrash metal band from Stavanger, Norway, active since 2008 with nearly two decades of experience. Their sound bridges metalcore's dynamic structures with thrash metal's aggressive speed.
Unbroken Bones was a crossover thrash and metal punk band from Izhevsk, Russia, who disbanded in 2016 with half the members continuing in Sadocid. Their sole album Global Theater on Drunk With Power Records delivers ten tracks of fast-paced, politically charged crossover thrash addressing conspiracy theories and societal critique.
Technical thrash and death metal band from Yeovil in Somerset, England, active since 2022. Their sound combines the precision of technical playing with the aggressive speed of thrash-death crossover.
Thrash metal and hardcore crossover from La Roche-sur-Yon in western France, active since 2011. Their sound bridges the gap between thrash metal's technical speed and hardcore's confrontational energy.
Thrash metal band from the Arctic Norwegian town of Vardo, active since 2024. Their remote Finnmark origins near the Russian border make them one of the northernmost thrash metal acts in the world.
Melodic heavy metal band from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, drawing from NWOBHM traditions with hooks, groovy power metal elements, and Iron Maiden-inspired arrangements. Their catalog includes releases like The Guardian's Call, Fallen Kingdom, and Last Man Standing, delivering classic metal with modern energy.
Death, thrash, and hardcore crossover act from Madrid, Spain, delivering genre-blending aggression since 2017. Their sound merges the technical complexity of death and thrash metal with hardcore's confrontational energy and punk-derived urgency.
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