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Skizofrenia was a thrash metal band from Limache, Valparaíso, Chile, active from 2012 to 2015 before splitting up. The band started as a tribute act before developing original material, playing in Chile's Valparaíso region during their brief run.
Sklepmaster deal in melodic death/thrash metal from the Moravian-Silesian border region, combining the melodic sophistication of Scandinavian melodeath with thrash's aggression. Active since 2011, they've built a steady body of work from their small-town base.
Omaha's Skog (formed 2024) began in atmospheric black metal territory before shifting toward folk and thrash — a restless Midwestern project that draws on Norse woodland imagery and refuses to stay in one sonic lane.
Los Angeles's Skorched pull from thrash, death metal, and hardcore in equal measure — a crossover-minded trio active since 2017 that reflects the city's long tradition of genre-blurring underground acts where pit culture and riff weight converge.
Razor-sharp Thrash Metal / Crossover / Hardcore from Houston.
Herndon, Virginia's Skraelinx (formed 2023) work a death/thrash hybrid that draws on Northern Virginia's proximity to both the D.C. hardcore tradition and the broader East Coast extreme metal underground, channeling aggression through a name referencing the Norse term for indigenous peoples encountered in Vinland.
Co-founded by Danny Lohner, who left to join Nine Inch Nails. Debut produced by Al Jourgensen (Ministry) outsold every other debut on the Metal Blade catalog. Reunited at SXSW 2011.
Vicious Thrash / Groove Metal from Corpus Christi.
Reno thrash act Skull Fracture have been tearing through the Nevada underground since 2021, bringing the speed, aggression, and no-frills production aesthetic that keeps classic thrash metal's underground flame burning in the high desert.
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