Devastating Death Metal / Hardcore from Austin.

Vicious Thrash Metal / Hardcore out of Texas.

Sick of It All is a hardcore punk band from Queens, New York, formed in 1986 by brothers Lou Koller on vocals and Pete Koller on guitar, alongside drummer Armand Majidi and bassist Craig Setari. The band's 1989 debut Blood, Sweat and No Tears is credited with helping popularize the breakdown in hardcore and shaping the identity of the New York hardcore scene. Over more than three decades and twelve studio albums—including the major-label release Scratch the Surface (1994) and Wake the Sleeping Dragon! (2018)—they have sold over half a million records and remain one of the most enduring bands in the global hardcore punk community.

Houston hardcore punk. Fast, raw, and ripping.

Savage Death / Black Metal with Punk influences from Texas (early); San Diego, California (later).

Heavy Sludge / Death Metal / Hardcore out of Texas.

Slapshot formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985 from the remnants of Negative FX and DYS, with vocalist Jack 'Choke' Kelly as the band's most recognizable figure. At a moment when many first-wave Boston hardcore bands were drifting toward crossover thrash, Slapshot doubled down on the raw speed and directness of the original Boston sound, and their debut Back on the Map (1986) helped sustain the scene's identity through the late 1980s. The band's straight-edge lyrics and uncompromising stance made them influential well beyond the United States, particularly in Germany and Belgium. After nearly four decades of intermittent activity, Slapshot announced their farewell tour in 2025.

Sleeping Giant formed in Redlands, California in 2006 by members of Christian metalcore act xDeathstarx, establishing themselves as one of the most prominent acts in the intersection of extreme metal and evangelical Christianity. The band released five studio albums between 2007 and 2017, including Sons of Thunder (2009) and Kingdom Days in an Evil Age (2011), consistently integrating direct worship themes into their aggressive metalcore instrumentation. Their music reached audiences well beyond the Christian metal circuit, and the band played their final show in February 2018. Sleeping Giant were notable for treating their faith not as a marketing angle but as the central premise of their live and recorded output.

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