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All Night Long Live In Japan 2019 - The Complete Concert (2025)
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call failed (2021)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Loveland, Colorado's Deadless play heavy and thrash metal with the high-energy directness of a band that formed at the foot of the Rockies in 2022 and hasn't slowed down since. Raw, riff-forward, and uninterested in subtlety.
Atlanta's Deadlift throw their weight into the crossover thrash pit, merging hardcore's urgency with thrash's shred and the city's reputation for ferocious live shows since 2016. Every song feels like it was written to be shouted back by a sweat-soaked crowd.
Seguin, Texas's Deadly Mass bring death metal and hardcore together with the direct, no-wasted-motion approach of a band formed in 2023 with something to prove. The Hill Country may be known for country music, but Deadly Mass are here to correct that narrative.
Santa Rosa, California's Deadly Remains began as a death/thrash act in 2010 before pivoting hard into brutal death metal territory — a natural progression for a band that always prioritized punishment over accessibility. Wine country's most extreme export.
Philadelphia's Deadlyne cover a wide span of heavy music — from crossover thrash to groove to hard rock — reflecting a restless band formed in 2023 that refuses to settle into one lane. The city's blue-collar grit runs through all of it.
Straddling black and thrash metal since 2008, Chicago's Deadnight channel the raw, chaotic energy of both genres without softening the edges between them. Their attack is fast, filthy, and uncompromising.
San Antonio thrash act Deadpool have been tearing through South Texas since 2011 with a no-frills approach rooted in classic Bay Area and German thrash. Loud, fast, and proudly unsubtle.
Syracuse's Deadrider smash heavy, speed, and thrash metal together with the reckless confidence of a band that grew up on Iron Maiden and Destruction in equal measure. Since 2014, they've been one of upstate New York's harder-hitting underground exports.
Flint, Michigan's Deadringer fuse death and thrash metal with the kind of grinding blue-collar intensity that mirrors their city's reputation for toughness. Active since 2008, they draw equally from old-school brutality and speed-forward aggression.
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