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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Thrash metal band from Belgrade, Serbia active since 2012. Wicked Ways delivers aggressive thrash from the Serbian capital on the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
Thrash metal and hardcore hybrid from Gummersbach, Germany formed in 2020. Wickedness blends thrash velocity with hardcore intensity, delivering a punishing crossover assault from the Bergisches Land region.
Death/thrash metal band from Łódź, Poland formed in 2023. Wieczny Mróz, meaning "eternal frost," delivers aggressive death/thrash from Poland's third-largest city.
Thrash metal band from Dülmen/Coesfeld, Germany formed in 2022. Wifebeater brings raw, confrontational thrash to the Westphalian underground with an unfiltered approach to the genre.
Belgian crossover thrash band formed in 2014, merging thrash metal intensity with hardcore punk aggression. Wild Side delivers no-frills, high-energy crossover that hits with the speed of thrash and the directness of hardcore.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Castronno, Italy active since 2016. Wildthrash channels the raw energy of crossover thrash from the Varese province of Lombardy.
Thrash and speed metal band from Swansea, Wales formed in 2022. Winterburn delivers high-velocity thrash and speed metal from the Welsh coast.
Thrash metal band from Goslar, Germany active since 2011. Wisecrack delivers fast, aggressive thrash from the historic Harz mountain region with a sharp, no-frills approach to the genre.
Power and thrash metal band from Turin, Italy formed in 2016. Wishmaster blends power metal's soaring melodies with thrash's aggressive edge from the Piedmontese capital.
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