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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Columbia, Missouri's Hazard grind groove and thrash together in the manner of mid-90s Pantera and Sepultura — all low, locked-in riffs and head-snapping tempo shifts. Since 2015 they've been bringing that meaty, swinging heaviness to the Missouri scene.
Los Angeles's Hazard blend traditional heavy metal's melodic sensibility with thrash's attack and speed, a familiar formula executed with the conviction that only a city with LA's deep metal heritage can inspire. They've been building their catalog since 2015.
Thrash Metal outfit rooted in Istanbul, channeling dark underground intensity since 2023. Pit-starting riffs and furious tempos characterize their thrash approach.
Thrash metal/crossover band from Aargau, Switzerland, active since 2017. Their high-energy blend of thrash metal speed and crossover punk attitude delivers the kind of pit-ready intensity that keeps the Swiss thrash scene alive.
Emerging from Pieksämäki's underground, this death/thrash metal act has been forging thunderous sonic fury since 2010. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Spanish band from El Paso, formed in 2023, evolving from heavy/thrash metal and punk rock into hard rock territory. Their versatile approach spans punk energy and metal aggression.
HDK is a progressive death/thrash/groove metal band from Reuver, the Netherlands, formed in 2013. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Thrash/speed metal band from Cartagena, Spain, active since 2017. Their blistering attack channels the energy of classic thrash and speed metal from the Mediterranean port city.
St. Louis thrash veterans Head on Collision have been a fixture of the Missouri metal underground since 2000, playing the kind of honest, riff-first thrash that doesn't ask for academic validation. Over two decades they've quietly accumulated a body of work built on consistency rather than hype.
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