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Cleveland's Punching Moses have been at it since 2012, playing a hard-nosed crossover that draws equally from Bay Area thrash and Midwest hardcore — aggressive, blunt, and grounded in the blue-collar ethos of the city they come from. Expect circle-pit riffs and no philosophical hedging.
Houston's Punishment Due have been playing straightforward thrash metal since 2012, drawing from the classic Bay Area tradition with riff-forward aggression and no detours into crossover or melodic territory. They represent the Houston underground's allegiance to the thrash fundamentals.
Thrash metal and hardcore band from Lebork, Poland, formed in 2020, channeling undiluted aggression through the crossover of thrash and hardcore. Their name captures the raw intensity of their sound.
Pure Hate is a groove/thrash metal band from Maceió, Alagoas, active since 2020 as an independent act. The band placed two tracks — "Racional" and "Vida de Ninguém" — on the 2020 digital compilation The Iguana's Attäck Vol. 3, their earliest documented release.
Black, death, and thrash metal band from Portugal, formed in 2026, whose Portuguese name means 'bestial purgatory.' They represent the absolute newest wave of Portuguese extreme metal.
Melodic death, thrash metal, and metalcore band from Tiverton, England, formed in 2013, blending multiple aggressive styles into a cohesive attack from rural Devon. They bring versatile metallic fury to the West Country.
Stoner and thrash metal turned psychedelic stoner metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2013, evolving into increasingly psychedelic territory. Their Hendrix-referencing name signals the trippy, mind-expanding nature of their heavy music.
Houston thrash metal band formed in 2005, operating in the city's historically fertile extreme metal underground with the straightforward speed and aggression that defines the Texas approach to the genre.
Meriden, Connecticut thrash metal band from 2005, part of the scrappy New England underground metal scene that has quietly produced some of the region's most uncompromising aggressive acts.
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