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Eugene, Oregon black metal and hardcore crossover band active from 2007 until their split-up, blending raw black metal atmosphere with hardcore aggression.
Oklahoma City brutal death metal and hardcore band Bashed In operated from 2021 until their breakup, releasing through Vile Tapes Records and building their sound around themes of hate and violence.
Basttardz are a crossover thrash/hardcore band from São Luís, Maranhão, formed in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking cues from Ratos de Porão, Municipal Waste, and D.R.I., the band sings entirely in Portuguese and channels working-class Brazilian rage on their debut album Brasil com Z, which tackles labor exploitation and social inequality in eight tracks recorded in a garage spirit.
Big Bastards are a Santiago groove and D-beat metal band who released their self-titled five-track debut in September 2021. The record is a raw and direct statement of political and social rebellion, with tracks like "Hijos del fuego" and "Muere por tu lider" driving home its confrontational edge.
Black Djamba is a groove/death metal and hardcore band from Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2023. The five-piece outfit — featuring Pedro Oliveira on guitar, Matheus Daldon on bass, Yuri Dimov on drums, Pedro Mantovani on vocals, and Arthur Custodio on guitar — fuses death metal heaviness with groove and hardcore aggression. They are an independent act operating in the contemporary Brazilian metal underground.
New York City thrash and hardcore crossover act C.I.A. were active from 1989 and tackled themes of politics, society, and destruction, placing tracks on compilations through Relativity Records, Combat Records, and the Speed Kills series.
Florida crossover act C.N.D. have been delivering a punishing blend of hardcore punk and thrash metal since 2016, operating independently out of the Sunshine State's underground scene.
Named after the plastic explosive, Boston's C4 began as a powerviolence outfit before shifting into crossover hardcore territory, gaining enough metal credibility to earn a Metal Archives listing on the strength of their release Payback's a Bitch.
Rockville, Connecticut's Cable underwent a dramatic stylistic transformation over their long career — from metalcore and hardcore beginnings in 1994 through to atmospheric sludge metal — earning placements on Hydra Head Records compilations and an Eyehategod tribute record.
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