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Turn of the Wheel (2021)
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The Black Plot - Single (2015)
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grieving and growing up (2022)
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SSR is a Houston, Texas progressive/technical power-thrash metal band formed in 2022, blending the technical complexity of progressive metal with the aggressive drive of thrash and the melodic ambition of power metal.
Stage Crew is a heavy and thrash metal band from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, formed in 2013, playing energetic, riff-driven metal rooted in the classic American thrash and heavy metal tradition.
Stand Accused is a San Jose, California thrash metal band formed in 2014, playing aggressive Bay Area-rooted thrash that carries on the ferocious, riff-heavy tradition of the region's legendary scene.
Stand Defiant is an Asheville, North Carolina band formed in 2019, blending the raw aggression of crossover thrash with metalcore's structural intensity and the speed and riff density of traditional thrash.
Star Viper is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania blackened heavy and thrash metal band formed in 2022, infusing the cold aggression of black metal into a framework of classic heavy and thrash metal riffing.
Ferocious Thrash Metal out of Texas.
Fort Smith, Arkansas progressive thrash metal band formed in 2016, Staring into Fire channels the technical aggression of thrash into song structures that incorporate progressive shifts in tempo and texture.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa death/thrash metal band formed in 2018, Starved delivers the crossover intensity of thrash with the heaviness and grim delivery of death metal in the American Midwest underground tradition.
Norfolk, Virginia crossover thrash band formed in 2022, State of Emergency channels the aggression of hardcore punk and the riff intensity of thrash metal into a lean, speed-driven attack.
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