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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Chicago thrash metal outfit with a substantial seven-release catalog since 2008. Albums like Extinction and The Undivided Wholeness of All Things trace an evolution from pure thrash fury into more ambitious compositional territory, all anchored by the Windy City's relentless energy.
Saint Paul thrash metal project from the Minnesota underground.
Chaotic thrash metal from Houston. Released Echoes of Oppression EP in 2023. Influences include Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Sepultura.
Denver progressive metal act exploring expansive compositions since 2012. Their full-length The Cold Expanse lives up to its title — vast, atmospheric prog metal that channels Colorado's mountainous geography into sweeping musical narratives.
Thrash metal act that has migrated from Detroit to Raleigh to Tampa, picking up speed and aggression at every stop. Their 2026 full-length VOID arrives after years of refinement, the itinerant lifestyle fueling their apocalyptic vision.
Annoy is a death and thrash metal band from Ochsenhausen in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, formed in 2016, combining the speed and precision of thrash with death metal's heavier, more brutal edge. The band operates from the rural Swabian countryside, a contrast to the urban centers that typically dominate the German metal scene.
Bayonne, New Jersey thrash metal project steeped in ancient astronaut mythology. Four releases since 2011 including From Nibiru channel Sumerian cosmology through aggressive thrash, their name referencing the extraterrestrial gods of conspiracy theory lore.
Anonoument has been fusing death, melodic death, and thrash metal from the lakeside town of Heinola since 2011. Their triple-genre approach creates a versatile extreme metal sound forged in southern Finland's Päijänne region.
Philadelphia progressive thrash metal project with three EPs since 2019. Titles like AL[ego]ry and EPONYM play with linguistic concepts, reflecting a band that approaches thrash metal with intellectual ambition uncommon in the genre.
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