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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Stolen Lives have been thrashing from Vysoke Myto since 2006, making them fixtures of the eastern Bohemian metal underground. Their nearly two decades of activity have produced a body of aggressive, fast-paced thrash that reflects the genre's enduring vitality in the Czech Republic.
San Diego technical thrash metal band founded in 2007, channeling the precision and aggression of the Bay Area thrash tradition into tightly constructed, technically demanding compositions.
Santa Rosa, California thrash and groove metal band formed in 2021, combining the crunch of groove-oriented riffing with the speed and energy of Bay Area thrash.
Rancho Cucamonga, California band formed in 2017 that merges death metal, thrash, and metalcore influences into an aggressive style rooted in the Inland Empire's active extreme metal underground.
Binghamton, New York thrash and crossover act formed in 2014, fusing the aggression of classic thrash metal with the raw energy of hardcore punk in the upstate New York underground tradition.
Stone Tools is a thrash metal band from Portland, Maine, formed in 2015, bringing razor-edged riffs and aggressive, high-energy thrash to the New England metal scene.
Stonecrow is a thrash metal band from Bainbridge Island, Washington, formed in 2007, one of the longer-running acts in the Pacific Northwest thrash underground, built on aggressive tempos and sharp, driving riffs.
Stoned is a thrash/heavy metal band from Waukesha, Wisconsin, formed in 2010, blending the aggressive riff attack of thrash with traditional heavy metal songwriting from the Milwaukee area underground.
Stoneflow pair thrash and groove metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2005. Over two decades, their lithic-current name has channeled the paradox of solid matter in motion into compositions of rhythmically driven aggression.
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