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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Milford, Connecticut's Silent Spring arrived in 2022 drawing from both groove and thrash metal, building songs with the rhythmic torque of groove-based riffing while keeping the sharpness and aggression of thrash underneath the churn.
Silent Terror deliver thrash metal from Aurich in East Frisia, bringing aggressive velocity to the windswept North Sea coast of Lower Saxony. Their coastal origins make them an unlikely but welcome outpost of German thrash.
York, Pennsylvania's Silent Tyrant have been developing a technical take on power and thrash metal since 2020, pushing the melodic ambition of power metal into more technically demanding territory without losing sight of the driving momentum that makes thrash work.
Manchester, New Hampshire's Silent Violence have been playing thrash and crossover since 2015, bringing a New England DIY ethic to a sound that bridges the pit energy of hardcore crossover with the tighter riffcraft of traditional thrash metal.
Silicium blends thrash metal, groove metal, and metalcore from Bordeaux, having formed in 2024. Their multifaceted approach to heavy music reflects the stylistic cross-pollination that defines the current generation of French metal bands.
Tyrolean thrash metal outfit formed in 2013 in Landeck, Silius draws from the legacy of Metallica, Exodus, and Pantera across multiple albums including "Hell Awakening" and "Worship to Extinction." Their fast-paced riffs and unrelenting energy have made them a prominent force in Austrian thrash.
Old Bridge, New Jersey's Silo have been refining technical thrash and speed metal since 2016, hailing from one of the Garden State's most storied underground scenes and putting a premium on precision and velocity in roughly equal measure.
Sacramento's Silvara have been fusing death, black, and thrash metal since 2012, crafting a three-way hybrid that takes the California death scene's heaviness, layered it with black metal darkness, and sharpened the whole thing with thrash's instinct for the riff.
Cincinnati's Silver Cypher have been fusing power metal's soaring ambitions with thrash metal's aggression since 2011, producing a sound that pairs high-octane riffing with melodic reach. The Ohio band occupies a compelling space where anthemic energy meets speed-driven intensity.
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