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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2022)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Spanish thrash metal band from Vigo, delivering relentless speed and aggression since 2014. Their sound channels classic thrash metal's razor-sharp riffing and breakneck tempos through a Galician lens.
Polish thrash metal and industrial band from Wroclaw, merging thrash aggression with mechanical rhythms since 2017. Their industrial-influenced approach adds cold precision to classic thrash metal's fury.
British death/thrash metal band from Cambridge, merging death metal brutality with thrash velocity since 2011. Their sound delivers the combined fury of both genres with relentless precision.
Spanish heavy/thrash metal and hard rock band from Alicante, active since 2009 and spanning the spectrum from classic heavy metal to thrash velocity. Their versatile approach delivers both anthemic power and aggressive speed.
Danish heavy/thrash metal band from Copenhagen, combining classic heavy metal muscle with thrash velocity since 2017. Their dual-genre approach delivers both anthemic power and aggressive speed.
British heavy/thrash metal band from Nottingham, combining classic heavy metal power with thrash aggression. Their name evokes the liberating, no-holds-barred energy of their dual-genre assault.
Welsh thrash metal and crust punk band from Bridgend, merging thrash speed with crust's raw punk energy since 2008. Their nearly two decades of activity mark them as veterans of the Welsh extreme scene.
Thrash/alternative metal and hardcore act from Ypres, Belgium, delivering a crossover assault of thrash aggression and hardcore intensity since 2008. Their sound bridges the gap between mosh-ready hardcore punk and technical metal riffing.
London-based death/thrash metal band formed in 2016, combining death metal's heaviness with thrash's velocity. Their sound channels the combined aggression of both genres through precise, relentless performances.
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