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Everyone's Talking! (2025)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
Blind (Expanded Edition) (2021)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Blood Dynasty (24-bit HD audio) (2024)
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Erie, Pennsylvania's Criminally Insane deliver straight-ahead thrash metal in the blue-collar tradition of the rust-belt underground. Their music keeps it fast, simple, and aggressive without pretension.
Manassas, Virginia outfit blending the melodic grandeur of power metal with the aggression of thrash, delivering anthemic riffs and high-velocity rhythm attacks in equal measure.
Los Angeles speed and thrash metal band trading in blistering tempos, razor-edged riffwork, and a relentless forward momentum deeply rooted in the California metal underground.
La Mesa, California death-thrash band fusing the technical brutality of death metal with thrash's street-level aggression, resulting in a relentless and uncompromising assault.
Haverhill, Massachusetts death-thrash band channeling the Northeast's underground extremity through punishing riffs, aggressive tempos, and a raw, unpolished production ethic.
Charlton, Massachusetts power metal band forging anthemic, riff-driven songs rooted in the classic tradition — thick guitar tones, soaring leads, and a muscular New England heaviness.
Minneapolis death-thrash band that spent the early '90s fusing brutal death metal aggression with thrash's propulsive energy, leaving behind a fierce legacy in Minnesota's underground.
Lincoln Park, Michigan groove and thrash band fusing mid-tempo, headbang-ready groove riffs with thrash's caustic bite, rooted firmly in the blue-collar Michigan metal tradition.
Ashtabula, Ohio death-thrash outfit channeling the industrial edge of the Rust Belt into their music — brutal, fast, and direct, with little patience for polish or pretense.
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