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San Diego, CA · 2014–present · active
San Diego's Thunder Demon have been operating at the thrash-black crossroads since 2014, injecting black metal's cold malice into a thrash framework that keeps the energy volatile and the attack relentless.
San Antonio, TX · 2017–present · active
Sabbath-worship heavy psych doom formed in 2018. Released multiple albums through Ripple Music including the live album 'Dead Alive in Texas'.
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Thunder Rage is a progressive power metal band from Santiago, Chile, founded in 2013 by composer and guitarist Francisco Pérez as a solo project before expanding to a trio with guitarist Nitay González and bassist Cristóbal Guzmán. The band released their debut full-length The Beginning of Chaos in 2023 and are listed as unsigned on Metal Archives.
Boston, MA · 2016–present · active
Boston doom metal outfit Thunderbear have been grinding out slow, heavy-handed dirges since 2016, adding a New England stoicism to the genre's familiar landscape of crushing tempos and thick, distorted guitar tones.
Seattle, WA · 2019–present · active
Seattle's ThunderBeast arrived in 2019 combining death metal's technical brutality with the breakdown-driven architecture of deathcore, drawing on the Pacific Northwest's thriving extreme metal underground for a sound both punishing and precise.
Richmond, VA · 2015–present · active
Richmond, Virginia's Thunderchief have been working the doom-sludge axis since 2015, their music heavy with the kind of mid-paced, feedback-drenched menace that the region's underground consistently produces with little fanfare and considerable force.
Arlington, TX · 2019–present · active
Arlington, Texas power and heavy metal band Thunderchild formed in 2019, channeling classic metal energy into the DFW area's active scene with a focus on soaring hooks and the kind of confident, guitar-driven delivery the style demands.
Gainesville, FL · 2014–present · active
Gainesville, Florida's Thunderclap have been delivering doom-soaked sludge metal since 2014, their music carrying the oppressive heat and heaviness that seems to seep naturally out of Florida's fringes into some of the country's most unrelenting heavy music.
Lancaster, PA · 2012–present · active
Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Thunderfist have been playing no-frills heavy metal since 2012, taking a meat-and-potatoes approach to the genre that values conviction and riff density over modern production trends.

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