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Thrash Bombz from Agrigento evolved from thrash/death metal into a purer thrash approach since 2013. Over a decade of bomb-dropping compositions from the Sicilian Valley of Temples.
Raleigh, North Carolina heavy/thrash act formed in 2016, drawing on the punishing riff traditions of classic American thrash while keeping their sound rooted in no-frills heavy metal aggression. They occupy a corner of the Southeast underground where speed and blunt force matter more than polish.
Portland, Oregon heavy/thrash outfit formed in 2022, arriving at a time when the city's underground was producing a fresh generation of bands committed to classicist riffing and direct metallic impact rather than genre experimentation.
Thrash Inc. from Milan deliver corporate-branded thrash metal since 2020. Their commercially named project channels the business-minded efficiency of Italy's financial capital.
Miami, Florida thrash unit formed in 2015 with a name that leaves no room for negotiation — they play hard, fast, and with the intensity you'd expect from a city whose heat breeds urgency into everything it produces.
Thrash Queen is a thrash/heavy metal band from Germany, formed in 2015. They play aggressive thrash with heavy metal melodic sensibility.
Brunswick, Ohio thrash act formed in 2016 operating out of the industrial rust belt just south of Cleveland, channeling that region's blue-collar grit into tight, uncompromising thrash metal built for the basement show circuit.
Crossover thrash band from Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, formed in 2015 with a lineup of Filipe Wargrider (vocals/bass), Rodrigo Freire (guitar), and Oscar (drums). The band released a promo in 2015 and the EP Damaged Brain in 2018, drawing influences from Municipal Waste, Suicidal Tendencies, and Gama Bomb.
One of the newest entries in the Chicago-area underground, Thrasharite formed in Morton Grove, Illinois in 2024 and represent a strain of contemporary thrash that looks back to the genre's formative period for its template of speed and precision.
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