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Los Angeles newcomers Pagoto smash crossover thrash and sludge together into a filthy, high-energy hybrid that owes as much to hardcore warehouses as it does to metal stages. Formed in 2024, they bring the reckless aggression of the LA underground to both styles at once.
Speed and thrash metal turned death-thrash band from Gdansk, Poland, formed in 2016, evolving from crossover-infused speed-thrash into heavier death-thrash territory. Their stylistic evolution reflects a deepening aggression.
Tampa's Party Time live at the chaotic intersection of crossover thrash, hardcore, and old-school metal, delivering the kind of sets that end in sweat and bruised limbs since 2015. Their name is a joke delivered deadpan over d-beats and gang vocals.
Furious Crossover / Thrash Metal from Austin/Houston/Pasadena.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Cordoba, Spain, active since 1994, making them one of the longest-running thrash acts in Andalusia. Three decades of aggression mark them as true veterans of the Spanish thrash scene.
Groove and thrash metal band bridging Argentina and the Czech Republic, based in Pardubice, formed in 2015. Their bicultural identity fuels a crossover sound that blends hardcore energy with thrash and groove metal riffing across releases like Vida y Muerte and Iluze.
Crossover thrash legends from Dallas. One of the most important heavy bands Texas ever produced. RIP Riley Gale.
Out of Belle Mead, New Jersey — a small town that seems an unlikely birthplace for anything extreme — Powerplay has been cranking out crossover thrash since 2021 with the kind of hardcore-infused aggression that made the genre dangerous in the first place. Short songs, fast tempos, and punk-adjacent attitude collide with thrash's technical bite, a formula that feels both retro and urgently alive. New Jersey has a deep hardcore and punk lineage, and Powerplay draws straight from that well.
Technical crossover and thrash metal band from Zalec, Slovenia, formed in 2014, delivering technically demanding crossover thrash from the Savinja Valley. Over a decade of precision aggression.
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