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Featured Album
Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Tacoma crossover/thrash act Crooked Cross fuse punk aggression with thrash metal riffing and hardcore bite, channeling the Pacific Northwest's DIY ethic into relentless pit-ready output.
St. Louis crossover/thrash act Cross Examination tear through pit-ready anthems with razor-sharp riffs and hardcore attitude, carrying on the crossover tradition in the Missouri underground.
Los Angeles crossover thrash act Crucial Fix blur the line between metal and hardcore with breakneck riffing, short punishing songs, and the kinetic energy of a pit mentality. Their Southern California base informs a raw, sun-scorched aggression.
Cluj Napoca thrash metal and crossover act formed in 2018, fusing thrash velocity with hardcore punk energy from Transylvania's cultural capital. Their pit-ready aggression channels the confrontational spirit of both genres.
Crossover thrash act from Zelenograd, a satellite city of Moscow, active since 2015. Crusted Trust fuses punk energy with thrash aggression.
Crossover thrash act from Boston, Massachusetts running the hard-hitting collision of hardcore punk urgency and thrash metal aggression that defines the genre. The band operates within New England's underground extreme metal and punk crossover community.
Crossover thrash pioneers from Santa Monica, California formed in 1984 and regularly cited alongside D.R.I., Suicidal Tendencies, and S.O.D. as architects of the genre's speed-driven hardcore/metal fusion. Their debut Convicted (1986) sold 25,000 copies in its first year and established their reputation as one of the fastest bands in hardcore.
Crossover thrash band from Blackpool, England, active since 2012. They blend thrash metal with hardcore punk from the Lancashire coast.
Crossover thrash act from Tromsø, far northern Norway, formed in 2017. Cult Member delivers punk-fueled thrash from above the Arctic Circle.
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