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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Bristol's Overpower merges crossover thrash with pure thrash metal energy, delivering pit-ready riffs at breakneck speeds with hardcore punk's confrontational attitude. Their high-octane approach channels the aggressive spirit of the UK's thrash revival.
Thrash metal band from Palermo, Sicily, active since 2007. Their long-running project delivers thrash aggression from the Sicilian capital.
Death/thrash metal band from Vantaa, Finland, active since 2013. Their long-running project combines death metal's heaviness with thrash metal's speed from Helsinki's neighboring city.
Sestri Levante heavy/thrash metal act from the Ligurian Riviera, formed in 2022. Their seaside Genoan-province origins provide scenic contrast to the crushing heaviness they deliver through a traditional thrash-inflected approach.
Athens thrash/death metal act active since 2013, part of the Greek capital's diverse extreme metal underground. Over a decade they have delivered a punishing blend of thrash velocity and death metal weight.
Groove/thrash/heavy metal band from Miguelturra in central Spain's La Mancha region, one of the longer-running acts with roots dating to 2004. Over two decades they have blended groove metal's rhythmic punch with thrash speed and heavy metal power.
Thrash metal band from Rybnik in Poland's Upper Silesian industrial region, active since 2011. Their long-running project delivers thrash aggression from the coal-mining heartland.
Mieres thrash metal act from the mining region of Asturias, active since 2012. Their decade-plus commitment to thrash metal from this coal-country setting brings a working-class grit to the genre.
Thrash metal band from Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, formed in 2017, whose acronym references the Estado Novo-era secret police. They deliver politically charged thrash metal from the Porto metropolitan area.
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