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Pelham, New York's Genghis Khan strip the approach down to straight thrash metal — fast riffs, aggressive delivery, and no detours into power metal territory — since their 2014 formation. A leaner take on the imperial name.
Gengis is a groove metal and thrash band from Quimper in Brittany, France, formed in 2018, with releases including their 2018 demo and the album Down to a Sunless Sea. Their sound channels aggressive, riff-driven thrash with the rhythmic punch of groove metal from France's Atlantic coast.
Los Angeles's Genocidal Pact play old-school-minded thrash with a ferocity that recalls the genre's early days rather than its more polished modern incarnations, active since 2012. Southern California aggression channeled through riffs that owe as much to punk as to metal.
Albuquerque's Genocide channels the hostile energy of thrash metal into tight, aggressive riffing shaped by the harsh landscape of the American Southwest. They've been grinding since 2013 with no signs of slowing.
Flint, Michigan — a city with no shortage of hard edges — gave rise to this Genocide, a band that fuses thrash velocity with death metal's pulverizing low end. The combination is as unforgiving as you'd expect from the city's industrial decay.
Genocide are a heavy/thrash metal band from Vorarlberg, Austria, whose Bandcamp page is shared with the American death metal act Genocide Pact—the two are unrelated. The Vorarlberg outfit works in a classic thrash and heavy metal mold typical of the Austrian regional underground scene.
Germ Bomb is a thrash metal and crossover band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2010 and delivering high-energy, riff-driven crossover fury from Sweden's metal capital. Over a decade of activity reflects a steadfast commitment to thrash.
Pennsylvania's Germ U.S.A. plays crossover thrash with the manic energy of hardcore punks who discovered Slayer and never looked back. Active since 2022, their sound is fast, grimy, and entirely indifferent to polish.
Jacksonville, Florida's Gerovit takes its name from a Slavic war deity and delivers a thrash-forward black metal attack to match — fast, aggressive, and steeped in ancient menace. Formed in 2023, they're already hitting with conviction.
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