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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Inhale The Noise (2026)
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Death-thrash act from Wrocław, formed in 2020. Contregator delivers aggressive extreme metal from the capital of Lower Silesia.
Black-thrash metal band from Toulon, France, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash metal velocity from the Var coast.
Progressive thrash band from Serravalle Sesia in Vercelli province, active since 2012. Controsigillo — Italian for 'counter-seal' — blends technical complexity with thrash aggression from Piedmont.
Death and thrash metal band from Innsbruck, Austria, active since 2014. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven extreme metal from the Tyrolean Alps, blending the ferocity of death metal with thrash's relentless pace.
Death metal band from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, started in 2007 as death/thrash before evolving toward a purer death metal sound around 2012. Their 2019 debut 'Unrest in Peace' features material spanning years of development by members Damir Dizdarevic, Ivan Nikic, Nedim Sehic, and Sead Hadzic.
Progressive death and thrash metal band originally formed in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1990, with members now based in Germany and the United States. Their 2024 self-titled debut features compositions from the 1990s exploring themes of religion, predestination, and mortality.
Speed-thrash metal band from Kallithea, Athens, Greece, active since 2007. They deliver high-velocity thrash from the Greek capital.
Black-thrash metal band from Zaragoza, Spain, formed in 2015. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with thrash metal aggression from the Aragonese capital.
Groove-thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2011. They combine heavy grooves with thrash speed from the Finnish capital.
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