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IL · 2003–present · active
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Trastorned is a blackened thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, founded in 2009 by guitarists Felipe González and Fabián Piña alongside vocalist Fist Banger Lonza. After early demos and singles, the band released their debut full-length Into the Void in 2023 on German label Dying Victims Productions, available on vinyl and CD.
San Francisco, CA · 2018–present · active
San Francisco's Trauma draw from the city's storied metal heritage, reviving the power and speed metal traditions of the Bay Area with anthemic riffs and a high-octane approach that recalls the scene's 1980s heyday.
Austin, TX · 2001–present · active
Blistering Death / Thrash Metal from Framingham, Massachusetts (early); Austin, Texas (later).
Seattle, WA · 2022–present · active
Seattle's Trauma Sounds blend black metal's harsh atmosphere with post-black metal's more expansive, textured approach, incorporating shoegaze elements into a sound that fits the grey, introspective character of the Pacific Northwest.
Oliver Springs, TN · 2022–present · active
Oak Ridge, Tennessee's Traumatic Asphyxia have been dealing out death metal since 2022, bringing the genre's suffocating intensity to a corner of Appalachia not typically associated with extreme metal.
Philadelphia, PA · 2021–present · active
Philadelphia's Traumatic Insemination are specialists in slam and brutal death metal, formed in 2021 and committed to the sub-genre's most physically imposing qualities — crushing downtuned riffs, guttural vocals, and rhythms built to devastate.
Newark, DE · 2020–present · active
Newark, Delaware's Traumatic Serenity work in the atmospheric black metal tradition, combining the genre's misanthropic intensity with sweeping, expansive textures since forming in 2020 in one of the East Coast's smaller but active underground scenes.
Detroit, MI · 2011–present · active
Detroit's Traumatize have been forging a hybrid of heavy and thrash metal since 2011, bringing the Motor City's industrial toughness to a sound that leans into classic riff construction and aggressive delivery.

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