Modern thrash from Canada. Very little info on this group; seems to have taken influence from a lot of bands, they try very hard to differentiate themselves. Think some modern Exodus, a little modern Kreator mixed with a bit of Warbringer thrown in there. Linked is the first actual track of their 2024 EP.

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Long time death/thrash band Loudblast just put this track out as a single, and it's pretty alright! First solo could've been louder but... whatever, the rest of the song makes up for it lol.

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Guess cover songs aren't allowed on Bandcamp, but at least I can link the other track on the single.

Speed/thrash metal from Australia, with a debut released in 2012. Like a mix between Sodom and Slayer's Show No Mercy, this is better than it has any right to be. Linked is the opening title track.

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Modern speed/thrash metal from England that's got this real B-movie quality to em. Linked is the opening track to their first album - a midpaced speed metal anthem before actually picking the pace up a bit in the middle and end.

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Found it fitting to post a Black Sabbath song coming from a Big Four band today. RIP Ozzy.

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Thrash metal, with roots of crossover and dipping some into death metal. Not unlike Power Trip in some way, just minus the creative riffs. This is the title track from this EP released in 2018 from these dudes in Detroit, Michigan, USA!

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Removing a lot of the thrashiness in this, one of Metallica's darker slower tracks; at this point in time they've been affected by massive success and loss all at the same time. Revisiting this track again rings a little more hollow than I remember when I was growing up. Still the same face on when listening, but the feeling behind it is disappointment rather than brooding fury - though that might just be my reflection rather than the song aging poorly lol. Perhaps I should have linked Frayed Ends of Sanity.. at least that one has more thrash and also the fun Wizard of Oz intro.

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The bonus track to Voivod's probably best album. Very unique progressive tech thrash, their own style and good shit.

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Crossover thrash and groovy metalcore come together in this single from Drain's latest upcoming album in November, so still quite the wait.

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I like this song by Revocation very much indeed. “Nihilistic violence” is a brutal hybrid of death and thrash metal.


Take a good listen at the spectacular tempo change at 2:30. 🤩

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P. S. The whole album “Netherheaven” is really worthwhile.

You don't see grindcore mixed with thrash metal all that often. I'm also not particularly familiar with grindcore either lol. There's an aggression I'm not used to here and it's pretty good imo. Vocals kinda remind me of Tom Araya from 2000 onward, but much more strained and almost as if he got his balls in a vice or something. Instruments have this sludge quality to them and the production fits it well.

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Death/black metal with tidbits of thrash and speed metal from Louisiana! Goatwhore are a beast I haven't tackled quite yet, but its day will come. >:D So far, this linked track seems to be the best one that stands out immediately to me.

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Testament's underrated album with those Chuck Billy growling vocals but mixed with some actual singing. Return to thrash metal with heaping amounts of groove and death after their mixed results foray into just death metal lol. Linked is the second, and best track on the record, imo.

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Could only find the vinyl available for purchase on Nuclear Blast Records official website.

German heavy/speed/power metal from 1988! Normally I'd've posted this in [email protected] but I feel it has more in common with my other speed metal uploads.

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Hear me out guys lol - give this ONE song a try! I don't recommend anything else that they've made, except for maybe the track Pain for Pleasure on a different album. I was honestly completely surprised to see a Metallica-inspired thrash metal song right smack dab in the middle of a skate punk/pop punk album lmao.

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So.. Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Nirvana fame basically, practically solo produced an extreme metal album, mixing all sorts of genres from sludge, black, doom, heavy, thrash, and even alternative metal plus some punk on top of that. He definitely took the kitchen sink approach lol. It's not all that bad either! Linked is the single of the self titled album with a faster tempo and some catchy riffs.

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There is a Bandcamp, but features no info nor does it contain this release.

EDIT: ok so It turns out this "band" was created for a movie called Studio 666, which is a comedy horror starring the Foo Fighters and has a bunch of this album's music as part of the soundtrack lol.

Today we have some pure thrash, very similar to Slayer's Hell Awaits mixed a little with Demolition Hammer's Epidemic of Violence. Intense as all hell, this is from this Norwegian band's 2007 EP, We're Rotting.

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My turn to post some ST. This isn't classic at all, but it's at least better than the single that just came out this past April lol.

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Some more death thrash from the Florida band Solstice. This time from their second album: Pray. The guitar work on this particular album remind me a little of Cannibal Corpse.

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Today I post some dense technical thrash - from Quebec, Canada in 1990. For those of us who need a few listens before it catches and worms its way into our ears. Typical progressive guitars with the strange-filling drumming and the bass is off doin its own thing lol. Somehow it all works and becomes brilliant along the way. Linked is the opening title track, but I also highly recommend the instrumental Access to the Acropolis.

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I was impressed with that one Antichrist upload the other day I had to search up similar artists and came across this one, another black/speed/thrash metal band from Germany; though the black part seems to be missing on this album released in 2023. Linked is my personal fav from the album, it starts off with this weird middle eastern rhythm that moves into typical speed metal fury, but bringing it back in the chorus sections.

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1990, technical death metal with technical thrash from Florida, USA. Notable release for its use of keys, whether it's for atmosphere or a backing instrument, they definitely give off this sci-fi vibe.

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This level of absence is unforgiven! In all seriousness though, I need to try my best to stay on top of things, apologies.

I'll mark my return with some excellent head-banging material.

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Another fantastic find from my search for instrumental stuff, which the track Minotaur from this album fuckin rules, holy shit. But this track I'm sharing with you today actually has lyrics and a voice! From Sweden in 2011, this is black/speed/thrash metal, and it's got this rough production that's reminiscent of early Destruction with the first Exodus album, and a bit of Venom - all mixed together and blisteringly fast lol.

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