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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Death/thrash metal band from Rome, New York, formed in 2018, fusing thrash metal's picking-hand aggression with death metal's low-end brutality and vocal extremity in the tradition of the genre's hybrid practitioners.
Black metal project from New Jersey, formed in 2013, operating in the raw and atmospheric end of the genre with a decidedly underground approach.
Synchronic channel progressive death/thrash metal from Frankfurt, building technically demanding compositions that balance cerebral ambition with aggressive energy. Active since 2008, they represent the sophisticated end of the Hessian extreme metal spectrum.
Thrash metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2010, operating out of one of the most storied cities in extreme metal history with a sound built on fast riffs, aggressive rhythms, and the no-frills ethos of the genre.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, formed in 2015, rooted in the hard rock and classic thrash tradition with a Midwestern directness to their approach.
Relentless Thrash / Groove Metal out of Texas.
Syphilis have been dealing in thrash and death metal from the Bavarian town of Winhoring since 2003, their disease name reflecting the genre's tradition of morbid nomenclature. Their two decades of activity represent a sustained commitment to extreme metal from rural Upper Bavaria.
Syphoned is a progressive death/thrash metal band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 2022, merging the technical complexity of progressive metal with the driving aggression of thrash and death metal.
Syranax is a thrash/speed metal band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2022, bringing high-velocity riffing and old-school aggression to the Texas metal scene.
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