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Hailing from the Quad-Cities area of Illinois, The Horde have been running a tight speed/thrash operation since 2013 that owes clear debts to the high-velocity precision of early Overkill and Whiplash. Their brand of thrash is built for momentum — fast, lean, and locked in, with the kind of riff economy that keeps things from ever bogging down. They're among the more earnest practitioners of old-school thrash in the upper Midwest.
The Kindred is a thrash/speed/death metal band from London, formed in 2019. Their music combines the velocity of speed metal with the aggression of thrash and the brutality of death metal in a ferocious triple threat.
Williamston, New Jersey speed/thrash metal project formed in 2019 that weaves neoclassical shred into an otherwise aggressive thrash framework, drawing on the guitar-centric tradition of classical-influenced metal in the vein of Yngwie Malmsteen filtered through the raw energy of the genre's underground. The project's emphasis on technical fretwork sets it apart from the straight-ahead thrash common to the region's underground.
Speed metal band from Rio de Janeiro, active since 2013, drawing on Motörhead, Venom, Tank, and Bulldozer as primary influences. Their debut album (We Are) The Unholy Ghosts appeared in 2014 on Hell Music and Nightwing Records, followed by Second Dose of Blistering Rock in 2015 and Black Winged Horses in 2019.
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts's Threshold channel the velocity and aggression of classic thrash and speed metal, playing with the kind of tightly wound, riff-obsessed intensity that defined the genre's early years.
Brooklyn's Throaat have been one of New York City's more ferocious underground exports since 2013, mashing speed, thrash, and black metal into a filthy, relentless hybrid that strips away any pretension in favor of raw, primordial attack.
Portland's Thrown blend heavy, doom, and speed metal into a genre-crossing assault born in 2017, channeling the darkness of traditional doom against the kinetic drive of speed metal in a way that feels distinctly Pacific Northwest.
Originally formed as Megahertz in 1988 in Tirana, Thunder Way rebranded in 1992 and released their sole album "The Order Executors" the following year, recorded in Skopje, Macedonia. The power/speed metal band won first place at the Albanian rock festival in 1995 before dissolving, then reunited in 2023 with a new lineup and concept.
Viennese heavy/speed/power metal band formed in 1995, Thunderlord recorded their material between 1997 and 1998 at rehearsal studios in Vienna, drawing on the spirit of classic European steel from acts like Judas Priest and Running Wild. Their previously unreleased recordings were remastered and made available in January 2022, bringing the band's early work to a wider audience.
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