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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Sgt. Slime deliver thrash metal and crossover from Turku, combining aggressive velocity with punk energy and military-themed humor. Active since 2017, they bring slimy commanding officer intensity to the southwestern Finnish scene.
Shades of God combine death, thrash, and stoner metal from Munich, drawing their name from a Paradise Lost album and channeling a similar eclecticism. Their triple-genre Bavarian approach refuses to settle into any single mode of heaviness.
Chesterton, Indiana's Shades of Grey have been playing technical thrash since 1996, an unusual longevity for a band from the small-city Midwest that speaks to a genuine obsession with the form. Their sound leans into the complex, riff-forward end of thrash, prioritizing intricacy alongside aggression.
Seattle's Shadow Demon crash the gates of classic power metal with the speed and aggression of thrash, a combination they've been building since forming in 2024. The result is a band that pairs galloping melodies and soaring leads with riff-driven ferocity.
Moscow's Shadow Host pair power and thrash metal from the Russian capital since 2020. Their spectral-army name channels ghostly legions into compositions that merge melodic drive with aggressive velocity.
Saginaw, Michigan's Shadow People draw from a wide pool of extreme and classic metal influences, blending thrash's speed and bite with doom's heft and death metal's brutality into a genre-agnostic sound since 2010. Their Midwest roots show in a no-frills approach that keeps the focus squarely on the riff.
Vicious Thrash / Groove Metal from Austin.
Dallas newcomers Shadowed Sacrifice launched in 2025 with a ferocious convergence of black, death, and thrash metal, arriving fully committed to extremity from the start. The trio of genre influences produces a venomous, fast-moving sound that reflects the uncompromising intensity of the Texas underground.
New York City's Shadowgate occupy the intersection of power and thrash metal, formed in 2026 with a sound that trades on speed and aggression without abandoning melodic structure. The combination suits the city's legacy of hard-edged metal, pushing classic power metal frameworks through a thrash-paced filter.
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