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Spirus is a Philadelphia black/thrash metal band formed in 1996, one of the city's longer-running underground metal acts, fusing the speed and riff density of thrash with the cold aggression of black metal.
Splat is a technical thrash metal band from Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, formed in 2019, playing fast and intricate thrash with an emphasis on complex riffing and tight musicianship.
Splatz is a thrash metal and punk band from Alton, Illinois, formed in 2021, playing raw crossover-influenced thrash on the border between metal and hardcore punk in the St. Louis area's underground.
Split Image is a heavy and thrash metal band from Campbell, California, formed in 2019, playing riff-driven traditional metal with a thrash edge rooted in the Bay Area's storied history with the genre.
Split Point is a groove, thrash, and heavy metal band from New Jersey, formed in 2017, blending the syncopated punch of groove metal with the intensity of thrash in a hard-hitting style rooted in the Garden State's metal underground.
Split the Abyss is a death and thrash metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2014, combining the aggression of old-school death metal with the kinetic energy of thrash in the tradition of the Midwest extreme underground.
Splitting Septum is a sludge, thrash, and hardcore band from Indiana, formed in 2025, blending the downtuned abrasion of sludge metal with thrash aggression and hardcore's confrontational energy.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Squatch have fused thrash and sludge metal since 2010, combining the aggression of thrash with the punishing, slow-grinding heaviness of sludge to form a distinctly caustic sound.
Cleveland, Ohio technical thrash metal band SSA formed in 2025, bringing precision-driven riffing and the kinetic aggression of technical thrash to a city with deep roots in heavy and extreme music.
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