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A Pregnant Light is a prolific post-black metal and hardcore project from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mastermind Damian Master has released an enormous body of work blending black metal with post-punk, shoegaze, and hardcore influences, maintaining a relentless output of singles, EPs, and full-lengths that defy easy categorization.
Milford, Connecticut grindcore, hardcore punk, and powerviolence project. A trio of aggressive genres from small-town Connecticut.
Absent Mind is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois. Across two EPs — 2016's "Brainwaves" and 2019's "Weight of the World" — the band fuses crossover thrash intensity with hardcore punk urgency.
Heavy Death Metal / Hardcore from Houston.
Furious Black / Thrash Metal, Punk from El Paso.
New York City crossover thrash, hardcore punk, and thrash metal project. The name promises catalytic energy from the city that never stops.
Adrenalin O.D. was a hardcore punk band formed in Elmwood Park, New Jersey in 1981, known for pioneering a comedic, speed-driven approach to hardcore that blended metal-tinged aggression with irreverent humor. Their 1984 debut The Wacky Hi-Jinks of Adrenalin O.D. and the 1986 follow-up Humungousfungusamongus helped define crossover thrash, with bands including NOFX, Anthrax, Municipal Waste, and Darkthrone citing them as an influence. The band disbanded in 1990 after four studio albums.
Against All is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Tampa, Florida. Their 2020 full-length "2017-2019" compiles the band's formative years into a single release of crossover aggression.
Age of Apocalypse is a New York hardcore band that incorporates heavy and thrash metal into their breakneck attack. Their 2025 full-length "In Oblivion" arrived on Closed Casket Activities and cemented the band's reputation as one of the hardest-hitting acts in modern NYHC.
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