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Speedy Claxton is a thrash metal band from Statesboro, Georgia, formed in 2010, playing energetic, riff-driven thrash that draws on the classic American thrash tradition while maintaining a distinctly regional character.
Speer is a thrash/heavy metal band from Casper, Wyoming, formed in 2014, one of very few metal acts emerging from Wyoming's isolated high plains, playing straightforward metal rooted in classic thrash and traditional heavy metal.
Spellbinder is a power metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2001, delivering soaring, melodically driven power metal with the high-register vocals and twin-guitar harmonies characteristic of the American power metal style.
Spesimin is a Philadelphia-based band formed in 2020 that fuses thrash metal aggression with death metal heaviness and punk rawness, cutting through the city's underground with a no-frills cross-contaminated attack.
Spewtilator is an Atlanta band formed in 2008 that blends thrash metal speed with death metal brutality and grindcore chaos, maintaining a relentless and filthy live presence in the Georgia underground.
Spik Metal is an Orlando crossover thrash band formed in 2016, merging the speed and riff-first intensity of old-school thrash with hardcore punk energy and a fierce Latinx identity.
Spine Buster is a College Park, Maryland crossover thrash band formed in 2012, fusing thrash metal's technical aggression with the blunt energy of hardcore punk in the tradition of classic crossover acts.
Spirit Flaw is a Philadelphia thrash and crossover band formed in 2020, combining the aggression of hardcore punk with the riff-driven attack of thrash metal in the tradition of East Coast crossover.
Spiritus Mundi is a heavy and thrash metal band from Sylvania, Ohio, formed in 2011, taking its name from W.B. Yeats and channeling classic metal aggression with a riff-centric approach rooted in the traditions of both genres.
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