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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Miami death-thrash outfit combining the precision of modern death metal with the kinetic drive of classic thrash. Create a Kill brings Florida's extreme metal heritage into a punishing, forward-moving attack.
San Diego thrash metal band carrying the West Coast tradition of speed and aggression with a sharp, street-level intensity. Creature keeps the thrash flame burning in Southern California's active underground.
Orange County crossover thrash act channeling the reckless energy that defined the California hardcore-meets-metal scene. Creatures keep the pit-starting spirit of classic crossover alive with fast, aggressive songs.
Columbia, Missouri death-thrash band fusing the gruesome imagery of death metal with thrash's driving velocity. Creaturezoid keeps Missouri's underground heavy scene well represented with energetic, aggressive output.
Death-thrash metal band from the Buchholz/Nordhausen area of Thuringia, Germany, active since 2010. They merge death metal brutality with thrash metal speed from the southern Harz region.
Cortland, New York thrash metal band delivering the kind of no-frills speed and aggression that keeps the upstate underground sharp. Creeper brings a direct, hard-hitting approach to classic thrash.
Dallas groove and thrash metal act fusing the rhythmic chug of groove with thrash's forward momentum. Creeper TX reflects the DFW area's long-running appetite for heavy music with commercial muscle and underground credibility.
Dallas death metal with a crushing old-school sound. Multiple releases on MNRK Heavy.
Castro Valley, California groove and thrash metal band delivering Bay Area heaviness with a streetwise, hard-hitting character. Creepo channels the classic Northern California metal tradition into punchy, riff-driven songs.
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