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Actin' Up (2023)
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Will To Power (24-bit HD audio) (2023)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Santa Fe's Gods of War balance melodic hooks against death metal's heavier instincts, threading cinematic lead work through the kind of rhythmic punishment the genre demands. Active since 2009, they've carved a distinctive niche in the New Mexico scene.
Morgan City, Louisiana's Golgotha drag sludge metal's tar-heavy riffs through thrash's confrontational aggression, producing something that feels uniquely Southern in its humidity and hostility. Around since 2005 and still grinding.
Monterey, California's Gorphyryac have been crossing death and thrash metal's shared border since 2013 — speed and aggression locked together by the California Central Coast, a region not known for producing extreme metal but apparently keeping some.
Tampa's Grand Vulcanus carry the torch of Florida thrash with a fiery intensity that suits their volcanic name. Formed in 2021, they've tapped directly into the city's storied extreme metal heritage and weaponized it into shredding, sharp-edged aggression.
Scranton's Graphic Violence have been dealing in no-frills thrash metal since 2013, the kind rooted in aggression rather than pageantry. Their name is a promise, and their riffs make good on it.
Philadelphia's Grass approach sludge metal with the patient heaviness of a city that knows how to grind — slow, ugly, and purposeful. Their sound is soil and concrete, rooted firmly in the low-end traditions of the form since 2016.
Santa Maria, California's Grave Command barrel through thrash, black metal, and crossover with tactical precision, treating genre boundaries as obstacles to be overrun. Their 2018 formation has produced a project as combative as it is purposefully chaotic.
Houston's Grave Robbers have spent over a decade looting the crossover thrash and hardcore underground with gleeful ferocity, blending pit-ready mosh breaks with snarling thrash chops. Since 2011 they've been one of Texas's most reliable live weapons.
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