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Infinite Terror (2022)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Inhale The Noise (2026)
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Apocalypse (2023)
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Technical death metal band from Sulmona in Abruzzo, Italy, with roots dating to 1998. Nearly three decades of technically demanding death metal from the mountain town famous for its confetti.
Death metal band from Tomar, Portugal, formed in 2023. Their approach delivers death metal from the Knights Templar city in central Portugal.
Resurgence is a Finnish black metal project formed in 2017. The project channels atmospheric black metal from Finland's deep well of extreme metal talent.
Death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2010. Their long-running project delivers intense death metal from the Greek capital.
Resurrección is a melodic heavy metal band from Burgos in Castile and León, Spain, formed in 2017. Named 'Resurrection' in Spanish, the band delivers melodic heavy metal from the historic Gothic cathedral city of northern Spain.
Black metal project from Gloucester, England, formed in 2022. Their witchcraft-themed name channels occult black metal from the west of England.
Thrash/speed metal band from Utrecht, the Netherlands, active since 2013. Their approach combines thrash aggression with speed metal velocity from the historic canal city.
Resurrected is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Duisburg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 1997. Nearly three decades of activity make them one of the veteran acts in the Ruhr area's extreme metal underground.
Resurrector is a speed/thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2020. The band revives the classic speed and thrash metal traditions with high-velocity riffing and aggressive energy from Sweden's metal capital.
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