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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)
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Allentown, Pennsylvania's B.O.T. stepped into the thrash underground in 2023, carrying on the Lehigh Valley's working-class metal tradition with the no-frills riff-forward intensity the genre demands.
Los Angeles crossover/thrash and grindcore band formed in 1989 by Keith Aazami and Dirk Rogers, maintaining a relentless output across three-plus decades that includes Lynch the Weirdo (2004), Worship of Fear (2015), Taught to Fear (2022), and Decency Anomaly (2025).
Spanish thrash metal and crossover band from Madrid, formed in 2018. They combine thrash metal speed with crossover punk energy from the Spanish capital.
Budapest-based crossover thrash act active since 1988, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
Saint Paul's Bare Knuckle Brawl brings a street-level ferocity to thrash metal and crossover, a Twin Cities act drawing on the genre's punk-adjacent roots since forming in 2023.
Denton, Texas heavy metal and punk outfit Barricade formed in 2021, blending the raw energy of punk with traditional metal riffing.
Waynesville, Missouri crossover thrash outfit Base Apes formed in 1986, earning a spot on the 1989 cassette compilation At the Speed of Light Vol. I before splitting up.
Pittsburgh crossover outfit Bastard Squad was a distinct act from the Cleveland band of the same name, releasing material through Psychodaisy before splitting up.
Buffalo's BastardBastardBastard bring a sardonic edge to thrash and crossover, leaning into themes of humor, politics, and social commentary with relentless aggression.
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