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Featured Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Luminiferous (2015)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Shame On Me (2022)
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Brooklyn thrash and hardcore band formed in 2011, channeling the aggressive cross-pollination of New York hardcore and Bay Area thrash into a tight, pit-ready attack.
Canton, Ohio act founded in 2017 that fuses death metal, thrash, and hardcore into a raw, crossover-influenced style drawing from the Midwest's tradition of no-frills extreme aggression.
New Philadelphia, Ohio act formed in 2023 that combines death metal, grindcore, and crossover thrash into a fast and abrasive style typical of the genre's more chaotic fringe.
San Diego technical thrash metal band founded in 2007, channeling the precision and aggression of the Bay Area thrash tradition into tightly constructed, technically demanding compositions.
Santa Rosa, California thrash and groove metal band formed in 2021, combining the crunch of groove-oriented riffing with the speed and energy of Bay Area thrash.
Rancho Cucamonga, California band formed in 2017 that merges death metal, thrash, and metalcore influences into an aggressive style rooted in the Inland Empire's active extreme metal underground.
Binghamton, New York thrash and crossover act formed in 2014, fusing the aggression of classic thrash metal with the raw energy of hardcore punk in the upstate New York underground tradition.
Stone Tools is a thrash metal band from Portland, Maine, formed in 2015, bringing razor-edged riffs and aggressive, high-energy thrash to the New England metal scene.
Stonecrow is a thrash metal band from Bainbridge Island, Washington, formed in 2007, one of the longer-running acts in the Pacific Northwest thrash underground, built on aggressive tempos and sharp, driving riffs.
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