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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Boston's Shipwreck A.D. has been tearing through the intersection of hardcore, thrash, and crossover since 2006, earning a reputation as a ferocious live act whose sound carries both the muscle of thrash and the aggression of the city's hardcore lineage.
Springfield, Massachusetts crossover and thrash act Shoot to Kill have been playing fast, aggressive metal since 2011, channeling the working-class fury of the New England punk and thrash scenes into a no-frills attack that owes as much to hardcore as it does to metal.
Baltimore, Maryland's Show No Mercy fuse crossover and thrash metal into a ferocious, punk-inflected assault formed in 2011 — the band channels the genre's most confrontational traditions, built for the pit and powered by intensity above all.
The newest entry in Lyon's thrash scene, Shrimpaler launched in 2025 with a crossover thrash approach that injects punk energy into metal's aggression. Their playful name belies a genuinely fierce sonic attack built on speed and attitude.
Chicago crossover thrash/hardcore band formed in 2022, fusing the breakneck tempos of thrash with hardcore's confrontational directness — their Spanish name, meaning "God willing," suggesting a pointed cultural identity within a genre historically dominated by Anglo voices.
Moscow's Siberian Meat Grinder have been delivering crossover thrash since 2011. Their violent-Siberian name and over a decade of capital-city energy have produced one of Russia's most recognizable crossover thrash acts.
Sick of Society evolved from thrash/crossover origins into a more hardcore-focused direction from Vohringen in Bavaria, tracing a trajectory that mirrors the broader crossover between metal and punk. Their stylistic evolution since 2018 reflects a restless artistic spirit.
Houston crossover thrash veterans Sik Mentality trace their origins back to 1987, making them one of the longer-running acts in the Texas extreme metal underground, delivering the genre's raw blend of hardcore intensity and thrash aggression across decades.
Manchester, New Hampshire's Silent Violence have been playing thrash and crossover since 2015, bringing a New England DIY ethic to a sound that bridges the pit energy of hardcore crossover with the tighter riffcraft of traditional thrash metal.
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