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Featured Album
Drag Me to Hell (2021)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Thrash metal band from Örebro, formed in 2025. Chain of Hate brings fresh thrash aggression to central Sweden.
Old-school thrash metal band from Linz, Austria, formed in 2018, drawing heavily from 1980s thrash traditions. Their debut 'Wasteland City' was recorded at Deep Deep Pressure Studios and released as a limited 500-copy CD pressing, channeling raw, headbanging energy.
Blackened thrash act from Kraków, active since 2013. Chaingün delivers high-velocity extreme metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Swedish thrash metal band formed in 2020. Chainmeiz delivers sharp, aggressive thrash.
Thrash metal band from Kouvola, Finland, formed in 2024. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the southeastern Finnish interior.
Progressive thrash metal band from the Bansko/Dobrinishte area of Bulgaria, active since 2012. They combine the aggression of thrash with progressive arrangements, creating complex compositions from the shadow of the Pirin Mountains.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Dormagen, Germany, formed in 2019. They combine the power of classic heavy metal with the aggressive edge of thrash from the Rhine lowlands.
Progressive heavy-thrash metal band from the Wadersloh area of Westphalia, Germany, emerging in 2025. They blend progressive complexity with the driving force of heavy and thrash metal.
Power-thrash metal band from Schwetzingen, Germany, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, they blend the melodic energy of power metal with thrash metal's aggression.
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