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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Ripping Power / Thrash Metal from Fort Worth.
Los Angeles's Ritual Moon emerged in 2019 working the black/thrash hybrid — a style with deep roots in LA's metal history stretching back to early Slayer and the South Bay scene. Their approach layers black metal's cold atmosphere over thrash's kinetic riffing, a combination that sounds like it was built for the city's sprawling, indifferent landscape. The 'ritualmoon' Bandcamp handle reinforces a commitment to occult imagery that positions them firmly in the blackened thrash underground.
Relentless Heavy / Thrash Metal out of Texas.
Plattsburgh, New York sits near the Canadian border in the northern Adirondack region — about as far from the coastal metal corridors as you can get while still being in New York State — and that geographic remove seems to suit Riven's thrash metal approach, formed in 2017. Their sound draws on the classic Bay Area and East Coast thrash traditions, favoring tight riff structures and aggressive forward momentum. The regional isolation gives their output a self-reliant quality common to metal scenes far from major metropolitan centers.
River's Edge is a thrash metal band from Täby, Sweden, formed in 2014. The band delivers sharp, riff-driven thrash metal from the northern suburbs of Stockholm.
Thrash metal band from Novi Sad, Serbia, active since 2017. Their approach delivers thrash aggression from Serbia's second city.
Crossover/thrash metal band from Norwich, England, active since 2019. Their motorized name accompanies high-velocity crossover thrash from East Anglia.
Roadkill XIII is a death/thrash metal band from Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany, active since 2004, having evolved from earlier groove/thrash roots into a heavier death-thrash direction. Over two decades of activity make them veterans of the Bavarian extreme metal scene.
Roar is a thrash metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2010. Over a decade of thrash from the Spanish capital establishes them as a fixture of the Madrid scene.
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