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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
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
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Juneau, Alaska thrash and heavy metal band formed around 2020 that released material independently before splitting up.
Chicago death metal band active since 1997 and one of the Midwest's most devoted practitioners of old-school horror and gore worship, building a catalog of grotesque, zombie-obsessed brutality across multiple releases.
Czech heavy and thrash metal veterans from Zadverice-Rakova near Zlin, active since 1984. As one of the oldest metal bands in the Czech Republic, Cardiak have maintained a four-decade presence in the country's metal underground.
Thrash metal band from Stockholm, formed in 2020. Cardinal Maniac delivers sharp, maniacal thrash from the Swedish capital.
Thrash metal band from Fontenay-sous-Bois near Paris, France, active since 2012. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Parisian suburbs.
Thrash metal band from Heidenheim, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver aggressive, riff-heavy thrash from the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb.
Thrash metal band from Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, active since 2009. They deliver hard-hitting thrash from the heart of former East Germany.
Columbia, South Carolina heavy metal veterans formed in 1990, representing the enduring spirit of the South Carolina underground during the genre's early-90s regional boom.
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma thrash metal outfit formed in 1990, bringing the genre's aggressive riffing and speed to the heartland during the peak years of American thrash.
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