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One of the longer-running acts in American black metal and hardcore crossover territory, Reno's Gehenna has been active since 1997 and forged a sound that treats both genres as equals. Confrontational, uncompromising, and built to last.
Gehennah is a black/thrash metal band from Forshaga, Sweden, active since 2015 and delivering raw, aggressive crossover fury from the Värmland countryside. The project merges black metal's darkness with thrash's velocity.
Paducah, Kentucky's Gemini Lounge only formed in 2025, but they arrived with a sound that blends deathcore heaviness with thrash riffing and death metal brutality. Brand new, but already pointed in a clear direction.
Genepool is a death/thrash metal/metalcore band from Glasgow and Kilmarnock, active since 2003. Over two decades they have delivered aggressive extreme metal from the Scottish Lowlands.
General Kroll are a crossover thrash band from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, formed in 2015. Their seven-track Demo Ensayo 2015 was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Augusto Brasseur at Sala HUM in Rosario and released in June 2015, documenting an early sound built around fast, hardcore-inflected riffs and sardonic song titles.
Chicago's Generation weld industrial mechanics to thrash metal aggression, a combination that has attracted a loyal following in the city's underground since 2021. The result is confrontational and machine-driven, with enough groove to keep it from feeling purely mechanical.
Congers, New York's Generation Kill have been a reliable force in crossover thrash since 2011, playing music that inherits equally from punk velocity and classic metal riffing. Tight, aggressive, and always moving forward.
The name signals an attitude, and St. Petersburg, Florida's Generichrist backs it up with death/thrash metal that leans into aggression over ornamentation since 2015. Florida's death metal legacy runs deep here, filtered through a thrash metal lens.
Genesis Was Fake is a one-man crossover thrash project from Colmar, France, created by Kreaphil in 2020, addressing social themes across twelve tracks on the debut No Humans No Mistakes. The album blends crossover thrash with melodic elements across forty-five minutes of socially conscious extreme metal.
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