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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Deadmarsh is a thrash metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2021 and delivering raw, aggressive instrumentation rooted in hardcore-inflected thrash. Their early demo material showcases tight, concise compositions driven by urgency and speed.
Straddling black and thrash metal since 2008, Chicago's Deadnight channel the raw, chaotic energy of both genres without softening the edges between them. Their attack is fast, filthy, and uncompromising.
San Antonio thrash act Deadpool have been tearing through South Texas since 2011 with a no-frills approach rooted in classic Bay Area and German thrash. Loud, fast, and proudly unsubtle.
Deadpulse is a death and thrash metal band from Norrkoping, Sweden, formed in 2008. The project fuses death metal with thrash velocity.
Syracuse's Deadrider smash heavy, speed, and thrash metal together with the reckless confidence of a band that grew up on Iron Maiden and Destruction in equal measure. Since 2014, they've been one of upstate New York's harder-hitting underground exports.
Flint, Michigan's Deadringer fuse death and thrash metal with the kind of grinding blue-collar intensity that mirrors their city's reputation for toughness. Active since 2008, they draw equally from old-school brutality and speed-forward aggression.
Oakland's Deadringer carry on the Bay Area thrash tradition with a streetwise bite rooted in the region's storied scene. Since 2008, they've channeled the aggressive spirit of their city into tightly wound, punishing thrash.
Deadroots is a groove-thrash metal band from Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, formed in 2022 and delivering heavy, riff-driven compositions with a punishing rhythmic attack. Their sound fuses groove metal's crushing weight with thrash metal's relentless speed.
DeadShade plays melodic death/thrash metal from Maloyaroslavets in Kaluga Oblast, active since 2010 and delivering over a decade of aggressive, melody-infused compositions. Their shadow-of-death name channels the genre's core themes through both melodic and aggressive means.
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