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Deadbangers is a thrash/heavy metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2022. They deliver headbanging thrash and heavy metal.
Coatesville, Pennsylvania's Deadbolt play punishing thrash metal in the working-class tradition, built on chugging riffs and aggressive tempos since 2022. They carry the torch for a style that never needed updating.
Deadeye is a thrash/groove metal band from the Midlands, England, formed in 2022. They deliver dead-eyed thrash and groove from central England.
Deadhead is a thrash metal band from Salzburg, Austria, releasing music through Bandcamp in the tradition of aggressive European thrash. The band channels straightforward, riff-forward thrash metal in the vein of the genre's 1980s German and American forebears.
Deadicated is a thrash/death metal band from Slagelse, Denmark, formed in 2019. They deliver dedicated, aggressive thrash and death metal from western Zealand.
Minneapolis's Deadland craft atmospheric black metal shaped by the long, brutal winters of the upper Midwest, painting sweeping, cold-wind soundscapes since 2017. Their music evokes the wide open desolation of the northern plains.
Sacramento's Deadlands fuse the melodic ambition of power metal with the punishing propulsion of thrash, a combination that's been a California specialty since the mid-80s. Since 2012, they've kept that twin-engine approach locked and loaded.
Loveland, Colorado's Deadless play heavy and thrash metal with the high-energy directness of a band that formed at the foot of the Rockies in 2022 and hasn't slowed down since. Raw, riff-forward, and uninterested in subtlety.
Atlanta's Deadlift throw their weight into the crossover thrash pit, merging hardcore's urgency with thrash's shred and the city's reputation for ferocious live shows since 2016. Every song feels like it was written to be shouted back by a sweat-soaked crowd.
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