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This U.S. C.I.A. blended heavy, power, and thrash metal and released material through Next Productions before splitting up after a short run beginning in 2021.
New York City thrash and hardcore crossover act C.I.A. were active from 1989 and tackled themes of politics, society, and destruction, placing tracks on compilations through Relativity Records, Combat Records, and the Speed Kills series.
Florida crossover act C.N.D. have been delivering a punishing blend of hardcore punk and thrash metal since 2016, operating independently out of the Sunshine State's underground scene.
Formed in May 2006 in Manassas, Virginia, Cab Ride Home played a beer-and-riffs brand of thrash and groove metal before eventually splitting up.
Wellsville, Ohio death/thrash outfit Cabal was a side project of Killjoy of Necrophagia formed after that band's initial breakup; the name comes from Clive Barker's novella Cabal, and the band released through Red Stream, Inc.
A Fort Worth, Texas band operating since 2005, Caddis blends the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with thrash aggression and progressive structural ambition, giving their sound both muscle and depth.
New Jersey doom/death/thrash metal band from Monmouth County, folding all three of heavy metal's most crushing strains into a single sound since 2017.
Columbus, Ohio thrash/speed metal band that formed in 1997 and has since split up, representing the no-frills aggression of the Ohio metal underground.
Relentless Experimental Death / Thrash Metal out of Texas.
Elgin, Illinois thrash/groove metal band exploring themes of humanity and society through a heavy, metaphor-driven lens.
Dale City, Virginia thrash metal band active from 1993, appearing on the Eternal Rest Compilation Vol. 2 before going quiet — a short-lived slice of early-90s underground thrash.
A death/thrash act from North Carolina, Calling Hour formed in 2007 and operated as an independent underground project.
Formed in 2024 in Coventry, Rhode Island, Calling the Eternal meld groove and thrash metal with metalcore tendencies into a hard-hitting, contemporary hybrid sound.
Thrash metal band from Marysville, Washington, Calloused started in 1994 before eventually changing their name, leaving a modest footprint in the Pacific Northwest underground.
A black metal band based in Brooklyn, New York, Calvaria have been active since 2022, carving out their place in the city's underground extreme metal community.
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