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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Wild Child (2023)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Thrash metal band from Ponferrada in Leon province, Spain, formed in 2014. They deliver aggressive thrash from the El Bierzo region.
Thrash metal band from Hamm in Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the eastern Ruhr region.
Thrash metal band from Łódź, formed in 2023. CUG brings raw thrash energy to central Poland.
Thrash metal band from Nevers, France, active since 2008. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Nievre capital in central France.
Death-thrash project from Portugal, formed in 2024. Cult of Alcaeus — named after the ancient Greek poet — channels extreme metal with classical allusions.
Death-thrash act from Almere in Flevoland, formed in 2024. Cult of Carnage brings aggressive extreme metal to the Netherlands' newest province.
Death-thrash metal band from Lamia in central Greece, formed in 2022. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from the Phthiotis region.
Black-thrash metal band from Farnborough, England, active since 2011. They deliver ferocious, riff-driven black-thrash from Hampshire.
Death-thrash band from Västerås, formed in 2018. Culverin — named after a type of cannon — delivers explosive extreme metal from the Mälaren Valley.
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