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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Philadelphia's Half-Ton of Humanity take the mechanical churn of progressive thrash and push it through a classic heavy metal sensibility, landing somewhere between technical and anthemic. They've been at it since 2020 in one of the East Coast's most competitive metal cities.
Anchorage's Halfbreed mash stoner fuzz with thrash aggression — a combination that sounds like a remote Alaskan winter: isolating, harsh, and oddly beautiful. One of the more distinctive acts to emerge from Alaska's small but committed metal scene since 2021.
Hailing from Heerhugowaard in Netherlands, this heavy/thrash metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2019. Their thrash assault combines speed, aggression, and precision in equal measure.
Spawned in Huddersfield's underground, this thrash/progressive metal outfit channels british ferocity since 2022. Razor-sharp riffing and breakneck tempos carry the spirit of classic thrash.
Atlanta thrash pioneers Hallows Eve have been at it since 1985, predating most of the genre's defining records and helping establish the Southern US as a legitimate player in extreme metal's early years. Their aggressive, speed-forward approach influenced a generation of acts and they remain one of Georgia's most important metal exports.
Heavy/thrash metal and hardcore punk band from Gladbeck, Germany, formed in 2018. Their energetic crossover fuses the riffing power of thrash with the raw intensity of hardcore punk from the Ruhr Valley.
Forged in Redditch's metal community, this death/thrash metal act channels punishing aggression since 2020. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Fort Worth's Halopent have been running death and thrash together since 2018, sharpening the collision into something lean and punishing. Texas grit runs through every riff.
Halucynogen is a death/thrash metal band from Rzeszów, Poland, formed in 2008. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
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