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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Spread of Disease play thrash metal from Koblenz, channeling pandemic-themed aggression from the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers. Formed in 2021, they bring infectious thrash energy to the Rhineland-Palatinate.
Spreading Dread combine power and thrash metal from Prague, blending anthemic melodic ambition with aggressive velocity. Their dual-genre approach delivers both the grandeur of power metal and the cutting edge of thrash.
Meppel's Spyker blend metalcore and thrash metal from the Drenthe countryside since 2013. Named for the Dutch luxury car brand, their precision-engineering name suits tightly constructed compositions of aggressive ambition.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Squatch have fused thrash and sludge metal since 2010, combining the aggression of thrash with the punishing, slow-grinding heaviness of sludge to form a distinctly caustic sound.
Kharkiv's SS-20 thrash from Ukraine's second city since 2009. Named for the Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile, over a decade and a half from the eastern metropolis, their Cold War weapons reference channels nuclear-age dread into compositions of sustained aggression.
Cleveland, Ohio technical thrash metal band SSA formed in 2025, bringing precision-driven riffing and the kinetic aggression of technical thrash to a city with deep roots in heavy and extreme music.
SSR is a Houston, Texas progressive/technical power-thrash metal band formed in 2022, blending the technical complexity of progressive metal with the aggressive drive of thrash and the melodic ambition of power metal.
Stage Crew is a heavy and thrash metal band from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, formed in 2013, playing energetic, riff-driven metal rooted in the classic American thrash and heavy metal tradition.
Rome's Stagediver blend power, speed, and thrash metal with live-show energy since 2021. Their name captures the reckless, physical commitment to heavy music that defines their approach.
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