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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Shady Spring, West Virginia death and thrash metal band channeling the state's blue-collar toughness into speed metal aggression with a death metal edge. Their sound is fast, mean, and rooted in the genre's most essential traditions.
Kenosha, WI power/speed/thrash band that channels the blazing energy of late-80s metal into tight, riff-forward songwriting. Their sound honors the genre's classic roots while hitting hard.
Cottonmouth hit hard at the crossroads of hardcore, speed metal, and thrash, channeling the raw aggression of the midwest underground. They keep sets short and loud, favoring attack over subtlety.
Speed metal act from Varberg on the Swedish west coast, active since 2016. Countenance delivers high-velocity traditional metal from Halland.
Indianapolis speed/thrash act CounterClockwise channel classic 80s metal energy with high-velocity riffs and no-nonsense aggression. Their sound is rooted in the purist tradition of bands like Exodus and Overkill.
Speed metal and punk hybrid from Tyrol, Austria, formed in 2024, living by the motto 'Rock'n'Roll or Die.' Their debut 'Heroin Supremacy' blasts through six tracks of filthy, d-beat-infused speed metal with a street punk attitude.
Heavy and speed metal band from the Dole/Dijon area of Burgundy, France, formed in 2022. They channel the velocity of speed metal with heavy metal hooks.
Black speed metal project from Ukraine, formed in 2022. Creepotura channels high-velocity blackened extremity.
Los Angeles speed and thrash metal band trading in blistering tempos, razor-edged riffwork, and a relentless forward momentum deeply rooted in the California metal underground.
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