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Massachusetts' Death Ray Vision have been laser-focused on the hardcore/thrash crossover since 2011, delivering short, furious blasts that owe as much to the Boston hardcore scene as to Bay Area riff worship. Blunt, fast, and unapologetically angry.
Death Reapers is a melodic death metal and thrash metal band from Przytoczna, Poland, formed in 2020. The project channels aggressive melodeath and thrash from the Lubusz region.
Death Receipt is a thrash/groove metal band from Tunzenberg, Germany, formed in 2022. They deliver heavy grooves and razor-sharp thrash riffs from the Bavarian underground.
Death Rider plays thrash metal from Votkinsk in Udmurtia, the birthplace of Tchaikovsky, active since 2012. Their horseman-of-death imagery drives high-velocity thrash from a city better known for classical music than extreme metal.
Death Ripper is a thrash metal band from Eskilstuna, Sweden, formed in 2011. The project delivers aggressive thrash metal from central Sweden.
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania's Death Rising blend groove metal's heaviness with stoner metal's hazy, slow-burning swagger — a combination that hits like a tire iron wrapped in smoke. Rolling slow and heavy through the Pennsylvania hills since 2021.
Los Angeles' Death Rites launched in 2024 with crossover thrash that draws from both hardcore energy and old-school metal aggression, distilling the classic Southern California pit mentality into something tight and ferocious. Circle pit mandatory.
Austin's Death Ritual have been conducting thrash metal ceremonies in the Texas underground since 2016, favoring blunt-force riffing and a no-nonsense approach that honors the genre's blue-collar roots. Loud, fast, and Texas-proud.
Pittsburgh's Death Sentence have been issuing thrash metal verdicts since 2013, drawing from the city's hardscrabble ethos to fuel aggressive, straightforward riff attacks. No appeals, no reprieves — just pure thrash delivered with Pittsburgh conviction.
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