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Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs in 3-D (2011)
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House Sound Of Adonis (The Jackin' Days) Vol. 1 (2020)
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Featured Avant-Garde Metal Album
In Passing Ascension (2017)
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Spasm is a thrash metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 2022, delivering straightforward aggressive thrash with the raw energy characteristic of the American underground scene.
Spater is a speed and thrash metal band from Newark, New York, formed in 2004, blending the kinetic energy of classic speed metal with thrash aggression and punk attitude in the vein of the genre's old-school practitioners.
SpawnDie is a groove and thrash metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2021, combining the mid-tempo punch of groove metal with thrash-driven aggression in the tradition of Florida's active underground scene.
Speak of the Devil is a thrash and death metal band from Roanoke, Virginia, formed in 2012, merging the riff-forward aggression of thrash with death metal heaviness in the tradition of the East Coast underground.
Speaking in Tongues is a thrash metal band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2018, channeling the raw, aggressive spirit of classic American thrash with the intensity and DIY ethos of Baltimore's storied underground metal scene.
Spectre of War is an Austin, Texas band formed in 2021, combining the ferocity of death metal and thrash with the raw, anarchic energy of crust punk into a relentless, war-torn sonic assault.
Speed Demon is a thrash/speed metal band from Monterey, California, formed in 2022, drawing on punk-infused speed metal in the mold of early Motörhead and Agent Steel, favoring raw velocity and stripped-down song structures.
SpeedBurner is a speed/thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2019, playing fast, stripped-down metal informed by the early 1980s speed metal tradition and classic thrash aggression.
SpeedStab is a thrash metal band from the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin, formed in 2016, delivering no-nonsense, riff-forward thrash with an emphasis on speed and aggression over technical complexity.
Speedy Claxton is a thrash metal band from Statesboro, Georgia, formed in 2010, playing energetic, riff-driven thrash that draws on the classic American thrash tradition while maintaining a distinctly regional character.
Speer is a thrash/heavy metal band from Casper, Wyoming, formed in 2014, one of very few metal acts emerging from Wyoming's isolated high plains, playing straightforward metal rooted in classic thrash and traditional heavy metal.
Spellbinder is a power metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2001, delivering soaring, melodically driven power metal with the high-register vocals and twin-guitar harmonies characteristic of the American power metal style.
Spesimin is a Philadelphia-based band formed in 2020 that fuses thrash metal aggression with death metal heaviness and punk rawness, cutting through the city's underground with a no-frills cross-contaminated attack.
Spewtilator is an Atlanta band formed in 2008 that blends thrash metal speed with death metal brutality and grindcore chaos, maintaining a relentless and filthy live presence in the Georgia underground.
Spik Metal is an Orlando crossover thrash band formed in 2016, merging the speed and riff-first intensity of old-school thrash with hardcore punk energy and a fierce Latinx identity.
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