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The Petulant from Copenhagen deliver thrash and death metal with the irritable, aggressive energy their name implies since 2014. A decade of ill-tempered extremity from the Danish capital has produced compositions of uncompromising hostility.
The Poisoned from Manchester deliver thrash and heavy metal with the toxic contamination their venomous name implies since 2012. Over a decade of poisonous compositions from the northwest has produced consistently aggressive metal.
The Reality is a thrash metal band from Kazincbarcika, Hungary, formed in 2015. They deliver aggressive thrash metal with sharp riffing and high-energy intensity.
The Risers are a heavy/thrash metal band from Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, operating in the tradition of classic European metal. The band holds a Bandcamp presence under the handle thelaterisers and represents a small but determined part of the Bosnian metal underground.
The Rottens is a thrash metal band from Prato, Italy, formed in 2021. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash metal with raw energy from the Tuscan industrial city.
The Rudes is a thrash metal band from Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, active since 2009. They play aggressive thrash metal from the medieval Franconian town.
The Ruin is a thrash metal band from Neumünster, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the Schleswig-Holstein underground.
The Scourger is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2019. They combine melodic death metal's harmonies with thrash's aggression.
The Soul Exile is a death/thrash metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2013 and evolving toward technical death metal. Their increasing technical precision reflects a band pushing the boundaries of extreme metal.
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