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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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin's Dead Meat play crossover thrash with the blue-collar conviction of a rust belt act that learned its trade in cramped bars and parking lot shows since 2020. Fast, mean, and built on the bones of classic hardcore and thrash.
Columbia, Missouri's Dead Medusa have been turning death/thrash into something petrifying since 2017, operating out of the Midwest's college-town underground with a sound that bites hard from every angle. The serpentine riffs live up to the mythology.
Salem, Oregon's Dead Nexus grind thrash and death metal together into something relentless and uncompromising, built on high-velocity riffs and punishing rhythms. They hit hard and leave little room to breathe.
Cleveland's Dead of Night pull from melodic death and thrash traditions equally, crafting a sound rooted in classic Rust Belt ferocity with a sharp melodic edge. The city's long history of heavy music finds a worthy continuation in their hands.
Dead on Arrival is a thrash metal and crossover band from Vilnius, bringing high-energy, punk-infused thrash to Lithuania's growing extreme metal scene. Their name's emergency-room urgency matches a sound built on breakneck speed and pit-ready aggression.
Toledo's Dead Ringer have been keeping the thrash faith since 2010, built on crunching riffs and the kind of aggressive momentum that the Midwest underground does quietly and well. They owe nothing to trends and make no apologies for it.
Dallas' Dead Rising have been a fixture of the North Texas extreme underground since 2016, churning out death metal and grindcore that owes as much to blast-beat brutality as to the relentless D/FW scene that surrounds them. Fast, violent, and unapologetically extreme.
Dead Samaritan is a death/thrash metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2014. They play fierce death/thrash from Finland's third-largest city.
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