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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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San Francisco's Earth Crawler was formed in 2017 at the crossroads of Bay Area thrash and the groove metal tradition, carrying a city's legacy of hard-edged riffing into well-worn but welcome territory.
Appleton, Wisconsin's Earth Dies Screaming have been running a death/thrash hybrid since 2017 — the kind of band that sounds like it should be playing a sweaty, too-loud venue in a college town at midnight.
Grass Valley, California's Earth Exit arrived in 2021 with the crossover thrash/hardcore hybrid fully in their blood — raw, fast, and shaped by the same Bay Area-adjacent tradition that made the genre what it is.
Sludge and thrash metal trio from Espoo, Finland formed in 2023, featuring Jere Halonen on vocals/guitar, Joel Notkonen on vocals/bass, and Niko Kauhanen on drums. Their singles on Inverse Records are mixed and mastered at Wolfthrone Studios.
Chicago's Earthen Grave has been writing a doom/thrash hybrid since 2012 — a combination that's more coherent than it sounds, letting heavy riffs breathe while never losing the genre's underlying tension and drive.
A product of Italy's deep-rooted extreme metal underground, this Sassari-based metalcore and thrash metal act channels mosh-pit-inducing aggression with tightly wound precision. Active since 2019, the tempo rarely drops below neck-breaking speed.
Harrisonburg, Virginia's Earthling has been fusing progressive sensibilities with thrash and death metal since 2011, a combination that brings technical ambition to a corner of the state with a strong tradition of underground heaviness.
Heavy metal and thrash band from Salo, Finland formed in 2019. They bring classic heavy metal power with a thrash edge from southwestern Finland.
A product of Portugal's atmospheric and doom-laden metal tradition, this Cascais-based groove metal and thrash metal act channels mosh-pit-inducing aggression with tightly wound precision. Active since 2015, the tempo rarely drops below neck-breaking speed.
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