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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Nashua, New Hampshire death metal and hardcore band formed in 2024, channeling the short, aggressive intensity of deathcore and death-inflected hardcore punk into a raw and uncompromising sound.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sludge metal and hardcore band formed in 2011, channeling the dense, riff-heavy aggression of sludge alongside the blunt intensity of East Coast hardcore into a punishing and emotionally raw sound.
Baltimore, Maryland sludge, thrash, and hardcore outfit formed in 2001, known for dense, churning arrangements that blend the caustic brutality of sludge metal with thrash-derived aggression and hardcore intensity, placing them among the most distinctive acts in the mid-Atlantic underground.
New York act with roots going back to the mid-1990s hardcore scene, Sworn Enemy evolved through hardcore and metalcore into a crossover thrash outfit known for their pit-ready aggression and unrelenting live energy.
San Francisco crossover thrash outfit active since 1998, drawing equally from Bay Area thrash tradition and hardcore punk to produce a fast, aggressive sound with strong street-level attitude.
Melbourne's Terminal Sleep formed in 2022, fronted by vocalist Bec Thorwesten, and quickly broke through the Australian hardcore scene with their debut EP Chapter 1: No Solace the same year. A viral live video earned international attention and endorsements from Matt Heafy and Anthony Fantano, and a companion EP Chapter 2: Elicit Fear followed just six months later. The band subsequently signed to Nuclear Blast Records, positioning them among the most prominent emerging acts in the Australian heavy music scene.
The End A.D. formed in Philadelphia in 2016, fusing the bone-crushing low-end of groove metal with the frantic urgency of hardcore punk. The collision yields a punishing, mid-paced aggression built for small rooms and sweaty pits, where the two worlds have always overlapped most naturally. Their sound channels the blue-collar ferocity the City of Brotherly Love's underground has been producing for decades.
Philadelphia's The Fetals have been weaponizing the thrash-hardcore hybrid since 2009, making them one of the longer-running acts in the city's abrasive underground. They ride the tight, aggressive lane where crossover thrash lives — fast, economical, and built to incite movement in a crowd rather than impress from a distance. Decades of Philly punk and metal history run directly through their approach.
Phoenix's The Grimm Riffer arrived in 2024 with a death metal and hardcore crossover sound that fits squarely into the desert city's history of producing bands that run hot and hit hard. The name announces their priorities without irony — riff-first, relentless, with hardcore's directness keeping the death metal from getting too labyrinthine. As a newly formed act they're still establishing themselves, but Phoenix's active extreme music scene gives them plenty of room to develop.
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