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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Grindcore Album
The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Enemies of Reality (Remixed & Remastered) (2003)
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Bayonne, New Jersey speed and power metal band formed in 2009, evolving from classic heavy metal roots toward a harder-hitting thrash and speed metal sound over their career.
Silver Spring death/thrash metal band formed in 2018, combining the intensity of old-school thrash with the brutality of death metal in the tradition of the mid-Atlantic underground.
Davenport, Iowa act formed in 2014 that melds thrash and death metal with hardcore aggression, delivering a crossover-inflected assault shaped by the Midwest's DIY underground.
Island Heights, New Jersey thrash and hardcore punk band formed in 2023, fusing crossover aggression with old-school punk energy in the tradition of East Coast crossover thrash.
Bellevue, Nebraska heavy/thrash metal act formed in 2023, rooted in classic thrash structures and the straightforward aggression of traditional American heavy metal.
Toledo, Ohio thrash metal band formed in 2023, delivering straight-ahead Bay Area-influenced thrash from the industrial heartland of the Midwest.
New York crossover thrash and hardcore band formed in 2024, channeling the raw, circle-pit energy of early thrash and punk-metal fusion into a modern register.
Ohio thrash metal band formed in 2022, dealing in aggressive, politically minded riffing that reflects thrash metal's long tradition of social critique and sonic hostility.
Maryland thrash metal band formed in 2013, delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash in the tradition of East Coast underground metal with a no-frills approach to the genre's classic template.
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