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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Washington State's Red Death have been delivering thrash metal with crossover punk urgency since 2018, marrying the aggression of hardcore with the technical charge of classic thrash. Tight, mean, and built for movement, they represent the Pacific Northwest's thriving extreme underground.
Reel Fiction is a heavy metal band originally from Berlin, Germany, that later relocated to Sassari in Sardinia, evolving from heavy metal roots into a crossover/gothic metal sound. The band's geographic shift mirrors their stylistic evolution across genres.
Progressive thrash metal/crossover band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2020. Their approach combines progressive complexity with thrash velocity and crossover energy.
Crossover/thrash metal band from Haarlem, the Netherlands, active since 2018. Their approach blends crossover punk with thrash velocity from the North Holland city.
Remiso is a crossover thrash/speed metal band from Malmö, Sweden, formed in 2015. This raw metalpunk band features members from Sweden, Brazil, and Chile, performing with lyrics in Portuguese and a staunch anti-fascist stance.
Seattle's Resistant Culture are one of the more politically charged acts in the American extreme underground, weaving crossover thrash, grindcore, crust punk, and death metal into a multi-genre assault that has carried an indigenous and anti-colonial perspective since 2010. Their music is as ideologically committed as it is sonically relentless — breakneck speeds and D-beat rhythms underscoring protest and resistance. Few bands in the underground carry this kind of conviction across so many subgenres at once.
Vicious Thrash Metal / Crossover from Dallas.
Revilment is a thrash metal and crossover band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2022. The band fuses thrash aggression with punk-infused crossover energy from the Madrid scene.
Richmond, Indiana's Riot Division have been channeling classic crossover thrash aggression since 2021, pulling from both the hardcore punk and metal traditions that defined the genre's 1980s peak. Their sound is punchy and fast — built for the pit, with riffs sharp enough to draw blood and tempos that leave no room to breathe. They're a lean, no-nonsense crossover act operating in a state with a quietly strong extreme music underground.
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