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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Will To Power (24-bit HD audio) (2023)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Conquer (feat. Josh Mowery of Catch Your Breath) (2025)
05/24 @ The Triffid, Newstead
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Carbondale, Illinois' Cold Realm channels the aggression of crossover thrash with d-beat momentum and metal riffing — a lean, working-class attack from the collar-counties of southern Illinois.
Tampa's Cold Steel emerged from Florida's hardcore and thrash crossover scene, bringing the pit mentality of hardcore crashing into the riff-forward intensity of thrash — fast, mean, and built for live destruction.
Richmond, Virginia's Cold Touch blends hardcore's confrontational energy with thrash metal's technical rigor, part of a Richmond underground that has long punched far above its population weight in extreme music.
Newbury Park, California's Collapse operates in the scrappy Southern California crossover tradition — thrash riffing, crust punk rawness, and hardcore urgency colliding in a sound built for back-alley shows and sweaty basements.
Tampa's Collapsor combines the grind of grindcore with the snapping aggression of crossover thrash, keeping songs short, loud, and relentless — standard operating procedure for the fertile Tampa extreme scene.
Seattle's Colony Drop takes its name from a cataclysmic sci-fi weapon and plays accordingly — crossover thrash that hits hard and fast, steeped in the Pacific Northwest DIY ethos that keeps the scene honest.
New York's Combust tear through crossover thrash with hardcore's urgency and metal's muscle, keeping the tradition of NYHC brutality alive in a fast, chaotic form. Their sound is tight, aggressive, and built for live destruction.
Brooklyn's Concussion fuse crossover thrash and classic thrash metal into a punk-charged, riff-first attack that reflects New York's long tradition of no-bullshit extreme music.
Austin crossover thrash act bringing hardcore punk ferocity and thrash metal riffing to the Texas underground. Their tight, fast songs carry the raw edge of both worlds without compromise.
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