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When Eliminate emerged in 2011 from Recanati (Macerata), they brought with them a sound rooted in speed metal and thrash metal — all pre-thrash intensity with a melodic edge. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
New Orleans crossover thrash act Elimination have been knocking heads since 2009, bringing the Crescent City's deep-seated aggression to a genre that thrives on speed, chaos, and hardcore-punk intensity.
Thrash metal act from Radevormwald in Germany's Bergisches Land region, delivering high-speed, riff-driven aggression since 2011. Their name captures the relentless, destructive energy of their approach to classic thrash metal.
When Elision of Animus emerged in 2013 from Ílhavo, they brought with them a sound rooted in metalcore, progressive metal, and thrash metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Black, death, and thrash metal band from Lahti, Finland formed in 2016, featuring Swedish-language song titles despite their Finnish origins. Their catalog includes Dorn Jonner and Skojande Svenska, performing with a raw, uncompromising intensity.
Seattle's Elks Blood have been grinding out death/thrash since 2010 with the Pacific Northwest's characteristic intensity — unrelenting riff patterns, furious tempos, and a sound that owes equal debts to both parent genres.
Phoenix's Ellefson — fronted by former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson — channels old-school thrash and speed metal energy with the authority of someone who helped define the genre in the first place.
Dallas's Eloi blend groove metal's hip-swinging heaviness with thrash's aggression, a combination that fits the Texas tradition of metal that wants to move the room as much as destroy it.
Orlando thrash metal project from the Florida underground.
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