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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Accordion-fueled Tex-Mex punk from San Antonio.
Irreverent art-punk from Austin.
Poison the Preacher is a thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore punk band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2021. The band blends raw hardcore aggression with old-school thrash principles and released their debut full-length "Vs the World" in 2025 through Concreto Records. Their catalog also includes several singles and a split release from 2022–2023.
Austin blackened screamo/hardcore. Vicious, genre-blending intensity that defies easy categorization.
Crossover thrash legends from Dallas. One of the most important heavy bands Texas ever produced. RIP Riley Gale.
Grinding Sludge Metal / Hardcore from Austin.
Ratos de Porão (Portuguese for "Basement Rats") formed in São Paulo in November 1981 and went on to release Crucificados pelo Sistema in 1984, the first hardcore punk LP issued by a Latin American band. Vocalist João Gordo joined for that debut and has remained the band's frontman ever since; their 1987 album Cada dia mais sujo e agressivo is widely credited as the first Brazilian crossover thrash record of note, and the band has since released more than fourteen studio albums while continuing to tour South America, North America, Europe, and Asia.
Realidade Encoberta is a crossover thrash band from Recife, Pernambuco, originally founded in 1987 by Nado and Daniel Malcriado; the band disbanded after Nado's death and reconstituted in 2013 with a new lineup anchored by vocalist Carlos Underground and guitarist Túlio Falcão. Since the reunion they have released Momentos Antes do Caos (2014), Morte e Progresso (2016), and Não Vivamos Mais Como Escravos (2019), the last of which closes with a Minor Threat cover.
Houston art-punk pioneers. One of the earliest and most creative Texas punk bands.
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