Brutal Assault competition simply introduced an entire bunch of strong American thrash steel selections to their lineup, and we’re stoked about it.

The fest will now embody Testomony, Exodus, Sadus, and Armored Saint. They’ll be becoming a member of the annual competition in Jaromer, Czech Republic August 7-10, 2024 alongside Poisonous Holocaust, Havok, and Laid to Relaxation.

The fest spans the steel spectrum, from thrash and old-school demise steel to metallic beatdown hardcore and black steel and all the pieces in between, so including much more old-school, thrashy goodness simply sweetens the deal on an already stacked lineup.

The competition dropped the next replace:

“???????? Listed below are the seven names of American thrash steel that may take the stage at Brutal Assault 2024! ????

“Inevitably, the batch of thrash was sure to return, so we’re asserting seven bands of the American wave. 4 huge names who’ve been concerned within the formation of this style shall be coming from California – particularly Testomony, Exodus, Armored Saint and SADUS. 

“The youthful blood shall be represented by Colorado’s HAVOK , multi-instrumentalist Joel Grind’s Poisonous Holocaust and Czech-American Laid to Waste.

As if that wasn’t sufficient to be stoked about, the remainder of the lineup is in alphabetical order beneath:

Bodysnatcher
Born of Osiris
Damaged Hope
Brutus
Cad
Darkest Hour
Darvaza
Satan Grasp
DHG
Evil Invaders
God Is an Astronaut
Grand Magus
Guilt Journey
Impaled Nazarene
Incantation
Jinjer
Kampfar
Khold
Left to Die
Legion of the Damned
Lik
Psychological Cruelty
Necrot
Celebration Cannon
Primordial
Skeletal Stays
Snet
Terrorizer
The Black Dahlia Homicide
Triumph of Demise perf. Hellhammer
Tulus
Uada
Ufomammut
Ved Buens Ende
Vomitory
Whitechapel