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Grants Pass, Oregon's Dead Leslie tear through speed and thrash metal with the stripped-down urgency of a small-town act with something to prove, formed in 2020 in the Rogue Valley's fringes. Fast tempos and sharp riffs are their native language.
Syracuse's Deadrider smash heavy, speed, and thrash metal together with the reckless confidence of a band that grew up on Iron Maiden and Destruction in equal measure. Since 2014, they've been one of upstate New York's harder-hitting underground exports.
New York's Death Mask have been thrashing at speed metal's outer limits since 2011, trading in velocity and iron-fisted aggression drawn straight from the NWOBHM playbook. Fast, mean, and ruthlessly concise.
Death Mission plays thrash/speed metal from Aurskog in Akershus, active since 2011 and executing their sonic objectives with military precision and velocity. Their name frames each composition as a dangerous operation from which there's no guarantee of return.
Death Racer is a black and speed metal band from Linz, Austria, whose lineup includes vocalist Johnny Brise, guitarist Bruce Pirelli, bassist Jörg Müller, and drummer Niki Louder. Albums Qualifying (2020) and From Gravel to Grave (2024) carry a consistent motorsport theme — track titles such as "Nordschleife," "Racers of Death," and "Motormentor" fuse the band's love of racing with high-octane blackened speed metal.
San Antonio's Death Tripper deal in pure high-octane speed and thrash metal — the kind that sounds like it was written on a stretch of empty Texas highway at 3 a.m. with no destination in mind. They've been burning rubber since 2011.
Ogden, Utah's Deathead have been running speed and thrash metal through the Mountain West's DIY circuit since 2004 — a two-decade-plus run that's given them a well-earned tightness and a genuinely menacing live reputation.
Deathhammer is a Norwegian blackened thrash/speed metal band from Hamar, active since 2011 and delivering ferocious, old-school extreme metal that recalls the genre's earliest, most unhinged incarnations. Their blunt-instrument name suits a sound that prizes raw aggression and speed over nuance.
Deathless Bastards is a black/speed metal and punk band from Brest, France, active since 2013. They deliver raw, punk-infused black/speed metal from Brittany's Atlantic coast.
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