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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Cleveland's Cholera straddle the line between death metal and deathcore, bringing Midwestern grit to breakdowns and blast beats alike. Their approach is direct and punishing.
West Hills crossover thrashers Cholos on Acid bring Southern California attitude to a chaotic blend of groove metal and full-throttle thrash. The name tells you most of what you need to know.
Roanoke's Choose to Suffer collide black metal venom with hardcore aggression and thrash momentum, producing a chaotic and combative hybrid. Virginia underground at its most unruly.
New Bern, North Carolina's Choose Your Weapon channel metalcore's melodic hooks through a thrash metal filter for a sound that hits hard without abandoning songcraft. Straightforward and driven.
Melodic death-thrash and groove metal band from Bochum, Germany, formed in 2016. They blend melodic guitar work with thrash velocity and heavy grooves from the central Ruhr.
Thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the German capital.
Heavy thrash act from Mysłowice in Upper Silesia, formed in 2020. Chort — a Slavic demon figure — channels aggressive metal from the Polish industrial heartland.
California thrash solo project Chris Violence delivers old-school aggression in the Bay Area tradition, keeping the thrash flame lit with no-frills speed and attitude. Underground and unapologetic.
Indiana thrash act Christ in Flesh draw from the aggressive, confrontational end of the genre, delivering blunt metal with religious provocation baked into the name itself. Old-school and unsubtle.
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