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Speedrage deliver speed and thrash metal from Esslingen near Stuttgart, channeling the genre's furious velocity from the Swabian heartland. Active since 2009, they've been raging at top speed through the Baden-Wurttemberg underground for over a decade.
SpeedStab is a thrash metal band from the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin, formed in 2016, delivering no-nonsense, riff-forward thrash with an emphasis on speed and aggression over technical complexity.
Speedy Claxton is a thrash metal band from Statesboro, Georgia, formed in 2010, playing energetic, riff-driven thrash that draws on the classic American thrash tradition while maintaining a distinctly regional character.
Speer is a thrash/heavy metal band from Casper, Wyoming, formed in 2014, one of very few metal acts emerging from Wyoming's isolated high plains, playing straightforward metal rooted in classic thrash and traditional heavy metal.
Speereth deliver thrash metal and crossover from the Catalan village of Celra, combining aggressive velocity with punk energy. Formed in 2020, they bring thrash fury to the Girona countryside.
Rotterdam's Spell Bound pair groove and thrash metal from the Dutch port city since 2016. Their enchantment name and Rotterdam's industrial setting create a context for rhythmically hypnotic aggression.
Spellbinder is a power metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2001, delivering soaring, melodically driven power metal with the high-register vocals and twin-guitar harmonies characteristic of the American power metal style.
Spesimin is a Philadelphia-based band formed in 2020 that fuses thrash metal aggression with death metal heaviness and punk rawness, cutting through the city's underground with a no-frills cross-contaminated attack.
Spewtilator is an Atlanta band formed in 2008 that blends thrash metal speed with death metal brutality and grindcore chaos, maintaining a relentless and filthy live presence in the Georgia underground.
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