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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Grays Harbor, Washington crossover thrash act with two albums from the late 2000s. Dead Skin/Dried Blood and Napalm & Nitrogen deliver aggressive punk-metal from one of the Pacific Northwest's most remote and economically depressed coastal communities — music born from real hardship.
Oakland, California crossover thrash act whose 2021 EP Pause & Effect delivers punchy, politically charged punk-metal from the East Bay birthplace of American hardcore.
Chicago crossover thrash act blending hardcore punk velocity with metal riffing, adding to the Windy City's diverse and productive heavy music scene.
Austin crossover thrash/hardcore act distinguishing themselves with the TX suffix, delivering pit-ready aggression from the Live Music Capital with punk-fueled intensity.
San Diego crossover thrash and metalcore project built entirely around Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions and movie quotes. Their 2008 debut Total Brutal is exactly what it sounds like — tongue-in-cheek thrash with Austrian accent vocal deliveries that transforms action movie one-liners into metal anthems.
Autoagresija delivers crossover and thrash metal from Čačak in western Serbia since 2017. Their Serbian name meaning 'self-aggression' captures the self-destructive energy of their punk-influenced thrash.
Autonomie delivers thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore from Hundvåg island in Stavanger since 2023. Their self-governance name suits the DIY spirit of punk-inflected thrash from this island suburb of Norway's energy capital.
Washington, DC crossover thrash project whose 2023 single Flesheater delivers cannibalistic fury from the nation's capital. Beltway aggression stripped of all political subtlety.
Averze thrashes with heavy metal and crossover influences from Blansko in the Moravian Karst region since 2013. Over a decade of activity from this cave-country town, they have built a reputation for no-nonsense aggression.
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