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Age of Fire is a heavy and thrash metal band that started in South Florida before relocating to Charlottesville, Virginia. With six releases spanning 2019 to 2025 — including a 30th anniversary reissue — the band is a veteran act that has persisted through decades and geography changes.
Age of Nefarious delivers thrash and speed metal from Värmland since 2016. Their wicked-era name drives compositions of villainous velocity from this forested western Swedish province.
California/Philadelphia grindcore and thrash project. The politically charged name channels contempt through cross-country extremity.
Agent Hellfire are a thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2020, who fuse heavy metal riffs with punk velocity in a crossover style informed by over three decades of the subgenre's history. Their music champions freedom and anti-tyranny themes with passionate intensity.
Los Angeles/Tampa thrash metal legends who helped pioneer the speed metal movement in the 1980s. One of the most important bands in the early LA thrash scene.
Agent X is a thrash metal band from Amherst, New York. Their 2023 full-length "The War Will Feed Itself" delivers eight tracks of politically charged thrash from the Buffalo suburb.
Agentz of Khaos is a groove, death, and thrash metal band from Harrison, Arkansas. Their 2021 single "Khaos Reigns" introduces the band's blend of groove-driven heaviness from the Ozarks.
Agga is a thrash and black metal band from Naples, Florida. Their two 2023 EPs draw from ancient Sumerian mythology — "By the Fiery Scimitar of Shammash" and "Sumerian Tablets - The Origins of Human Creation" — wrapping historical mysticism in aggressive thrash-black metal.
Aggravated Assault is a thrash metal band from Fairfield, California. Their 2025 live recording from Transplants Brewing captures the raw energy of a thrash band in their element — playing a Christmas show at a local brewery.
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