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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Danse Macabre (2022)
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Safe House (2017)
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St. Louis experimental death metal and grindcore band leaning into bizarre humor and grotesque absurdity, mixing blasting grind violence with oddball genre detours.
Los Angeles crossover thrash band fusing raw street-punk aggression of hardcore with riff-heavy Bay Area thrash assault in the tradition of classic 1980s crossover.
Chicago thrash metal band blending death metal heaviness with classic thrash riffing, recorded with a raw basement aesthetic emphasizing punishing low-budget brutality.
Austin one-man instrumental metal project by David Menendez ranging freely across thrash, doom, black, and progressive metal, treating each release as a genre-spanning compositional exercise.
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.
Minneapolis melodic death metal band combining hook-driven Scandinavian-school melodicism with crushing death metal heaviness.
Houston two-piece sludge and groove metal act combining lumbering Southern sludge heaviness with syncopated groove metal rhythms in a stripped-down, punishing format.
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