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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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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.
Portland, Oregon crossover thrash and sludge metal band bridging the raw energy of hardcore punk with the lurching weight of sludge. Curtains occupies the gritty overlap between heavy riffs and DIY punk intensity.
Crossover, heavy, and thrash metal band from East Flanders, Belgium, formed in 2018 with the motto 'If you want to cut the crap, use a Cuttermess.' Their releases 'Lie/Sense' and 'Take 'm To The Guillotine' deliver no-nonsense crossover metal.
Los Angeles crossover thrash and hardcore band blending the velocity of thrash metal with the aggression and attitude of hardcore punk. Cycotic Youth channels Southern California's storied crossover tradition with raw, energetic ferocity.
D.E.I.M.O.S. is a crossover thrash band from Szczecin, Poland, formed in 2000. One of the veteran crossover acts in the Polish underground, the project merges thrash metal with punk energy.
D.I.Y. is a thrash metal and crossover band from Catania, Sicily, formed in 2018. The band fuse thrash metal speed with the punk energy of crossover from the Sicilian underground.
Destruccion Mutua Asegurada — D.M.A. — brings a bilingual fury to Medina, Ohio's scene, fusing crossover thrash's breakneck hardcore energy with proper thrash metal riffing. Active since 2021, they hit like a freight train and don't look back.
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