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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Fremont, California's Hammershot find the sweet spot where groove metal's mid-paced stomp meets thrash metal's angular attack, delivering Bay Area heaviness with more neck-snap than most since 2013.
Sedalia, Missouri's Hammerspace layer orchestral ambition onto heavy metal and thrash foundations, an unlikely combination from an unlikely location that has been paying off since 2011. The symphonic elements amplify rather than soften the aggression.
Hammerthrash was a thrash metal band from Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, active from 2010 until splitting up in 2019. The band self-released a six-track self-titled EP in February 2010 via Bandcamp, featuring palm-muted riffing and aggressive vocals rooted in classic thrash. They remained an independent act throughout their existence.
Hailing from Alice, deep in South Texas, Hammerwhore have been tearing up the crossover thrash and punk-metal underground since 2013 — raw, aggressive, and completely indifferent to outside approval.
Black metal project from Mikkeli in eastern Finland, active since 2016. Their dark compositions channel the cold isolation of Finland's lakeland interior into fierce, atmospheric black metal.
Pittsburgh's Hand of Doom wrap their hardcore urgency in thrash metal riffing, a combination that makes perfect sense coming from a city that has always produced hard, no-nonsense music. Formed in 2018.
Las Vegas's Hand of Doubt slam crossover thrash, hardcore, and straight-up metal together into something that sounds like a pit fight with a soundtrack — relentless and confrontational since 2019.
San Francisco's Hand of Fire keep the Bay Area thrash tradition burning since 2017, playing tightly-wound riff-driven metal in a city that helped define the genre nearly four decades ago.
Remington, Virginia's Hand over Fist have been delivering groove and thrash metal from rural Virginia since 2017 — muscular, riff-forward music built for live stages and the kind of crowd that shows up ready to move.
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