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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/07 @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Ohio thrash/death metal band dealing in the aggressive overlap of thrash riffing and death metal intensity before splitting up.
Suburban Chicago groove and thrash outfit combining Pantera-influenced groove metal with thrash sharpness during their short-lived run in the early 2020s.
Lake Charles, Louisiana thrash/death crossover band blending genre aggression with comedic and violent lyrical themes before calling it quits.
Maine death metal outfit active in the mid-to-late 1990s on Rattle Snake Records, playing straightforward death metal before disbanding — distinct from the Minnesota thrash act of the same name.
Death-thrash band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2020. Capulus channels aggressive riffing and relentless energy rooted in the Irish capital's thriving metal scene.
Lafayette, Indiana thrash/grindcore band using programmed electronic percussion instead of a human drummer, wrapping their aggression in equal parts humor and provocation.
Black-thrash metal band from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2020. They fuse the icy intensity of black metal with the riff-driven aggression of thrash.
Progressive heavy-thrash band from Turin, formed in 2016. Caravanseraj blends Balkan-influenced progressive elements with thrash aggression from Piedmont.
Detroit, Michigan thrash metal band active from 1983 that spent over a decade grinding the underground circuit before landing a compilation appearance in 1996.
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