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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Dial Tone (2022)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Chicago thrash metal band blending death metal heaviness with classic thrash riffing, recorded with a raw basement aesthetic emphasizing punishing low-budget brutality.
Oklahoma City crossover thrash band formed at a Power Trip show and fueled by that band's spirit, delivering riff-driven, pit-ready thrash with hardcore urgency.
Shillington, Pennsylvania groove/thrash metal band channeling heavy mid-paced stomp alongside driving thrash aggression rooted in 1990s East Coast metal.
Portland thrash metal band delivering aggressive, riff-forward thrash in the Pacific Northwest metal tradition with direct, energetic delivery.
Half Moon Bay, California thrash metal band rooted in the Bay Area thrash tradition, delivering speed and precision in the style of classic 1980s West Coast thrash.
The reunited Cavalera brothers, Max and Igor, channeling the primal groove metal and thrash ferocity of mid-era Sepultura into a project recalling the visceral, tribal heaviness of Arise and Chaos A.D.
Oakland, Maryland's Cavern blend progressive metal's structural ambition with sludge heaviness and thrash metal's rhythmic aggression, producing a genre-spanning sound that shifts between cerebral complexity and sheer sonic weight.
Little Rock's Cavort Usurp mix black metal's raw intensity with hardcore's direct aggression and thrash metal's riff-forward energy, creating a crossover-adjacent sound that feels combative and street-level.
Brutal Death Metal from Houston, Texas / Seattle, Washington / Phoenix, Arizona (early); Houston, Texas (later).
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