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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Evidence (2023)
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Sacramento thrash and heavy metal act that emerged in 2025, bringing Northern California's storied Bay Area thrash lineage into the new decade with high-energy riffwork and classic heavy metal swagger.
South Texas metalcore/thrash with interconnected members from Upon a Burning Body.
Richmond, Virginia crossover/thrash unit formed in 2018, playing fast, punk-informed thrash that channels the frantic energy of the Virginia hardcore scene filtered through shredding metal riffs.
Chicago experimental death metal project active since 2012, pushing the genre's structural limits with unconventional song forms and textural dissonance that sets them apart from the city's more orthodox underground.
Heavy Brutal Death Metal from Houston.
San Francisco symphonic metal band founded in 2015, layering orchestral grandeur and soaring vocals over heavy guitar work in a genre not typically associated with the Bay Area's heavier underground.
New York heavy and power metal project formed in 2020 with a distinctly unusual twist — incorporating chiptune elements drawn from 8-bit and 16-bit video game music into a traditional metal framework.
Urbana, Illinois atmospheric sludge and post-metal band formed in 2017, crafting slow-building, heavily textured compositions where drone-like weight meets expansive post-rock dynamics in equal measure.
Sacramento raw black metal project that surfaced in 2024, embracing the deliberately primitive, corrosive production aesthetic of the raw black metal underground with unfiltered menace.
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