Final Breath

Offering a fast, explosive, and blistering mixture of thrash metal and death metal, Final Breath don't have a huge name among metal fans but have enjoyed a small following in Western Europe since the '90s. The German outfit recalls a time when thrash metal was starting to give way to early death metal; Slayer (one of the first death metal bands) is a major influence, and Final Breath's other '80s/early-'90s influences range from Death (another pioneering death metal band) to thrash favorites Testament, Dark Angel, Metallica, and Megadeth. At times, there are traces of Scandina...