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Groove/thrash metal band from Jaen, Spain formed in 2020, with tracks like Els Deus de la Mort and Santa Agonia. Their Catalan-language material adds a distinctive regional identity to their crushing metal assault.
Crust metal band founded in Vigo, Galicia, blending black metal, crust punk, and thrash into a filthy sonic attack. Their releases include EP Podrido and Split Nautilus, representing the raw Galician underground.
Self-described "alcoholic wild crazy" thrash metal band from Rome active since 2003, with four albums of high-energy thrash and hardcore punk crossover including Rattletrap, Helly Gator, Back From The Drainpipe, and 2019's Insert Coin. Their live shows are built on unhinged energy and raw underground thrash attitude.
When Engine-V emerged in 2019 from Athens, they brought with them a sound rooted in doom metal and stoner metal — all desert-baked tonality and psychedelic haze over lumbering rhythms. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Emerging from Edinburgh, this British act forges Heavy Metal built on leather-and-studs authenticity in a modern framework. The spirit of NWOBHM burns bright in their songwriting.
A product of Italy's deep-rooted extreme metal underground, this Castel di Lama (Ascoli Piceno)-based death metal act channels punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Active since 2021, primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Black/thrash metal act from Altenburg in Thuringia, Germany, delivering venomous extremity since 2000. Their quarter-century career makes them one of eastern Germany's most enduring acts in the black/thrash crossover.
Part of the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition, this act channels death metal and melodic death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2009, based in Taunton, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
When Engraved in Blood emerged in 2013 from Nottingham, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and thrash metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
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