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Soraya are a heavy, speed, and thrash metal band from Palmdale, California, formed in 2021, channeling the raw energy of classic 80s metal into a modern context with an emphasis on speed and traditional song structures.
Soul Steel was a symphonic death metal band from Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, formed in 2009. The band released the demo Código d' muerte in 2010 and the full-length Aetherium in 2011 before changing their name to Encrypter in 2012. Their Bandcamp page documents both releases and describes their sound as slow and aggressive beats merged with an atmospheric aura.
Sound Barrier is a Houston, Texas heavy/speed metal outfit formed in 2017, delivering aggressive riff-driven metal that blends classic heavy metal foundations with the harder-edged momentum of speed metal.
Sovereignty is a New York speed/thrash metal band formed in 2019, fusing the velocity of speed metal with the punishing riff structures of classic thrash.
Space Chaser deliver thrash and speed metal from Berlin, channeling the genre's breakneck velocity through cosmic-themed compositions. Active since 2017, they've built a reputation for high-energy, interstellar thrash that combines old-school aggression with science fiction imagery.
Heavy metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on January 26, 1985, by bassist and primary lyricist Marco Di Martino, who remains the sole founding member across the band's full history. The band released their debut album Libertae in 2004 and followed it with Imperium Legis in 2015, both recorded at Hurricane Studios in Porto Alegre, with all lyrics written in Portuguese.
Spater is a speed and thrash metal band from Newark, New York, formed in 2004, blending the kinetic energy of classic speed metal with thrash aggression and punk attitude in the vein of the genre's old-school practitioners.
Speed Demon is a thrash/speed metal band from Monterey, California, formed in 2022, drawing on punk-infused speed metal in the mold of early Motörhead and Agent Steel, favoring raw velocity and stripped-down song structures.
Belgian speed metal band from Limburg self-described as purveyors of "high speed, energetic, bitchin' heavy metal" and leaders of the "new wave of Belgian heavy metal," with three albums from "King of the Road" (2017) through "...With A Bang!" (2025). Their unabashed 1980s revival ethos and amplifiers-to-eleven philosophy have made them a prominent force in Belgium's traditional metal scene.
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