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Long Island's Trauma bring a no-nonsense thrash metal attack that reflects the New York area's hardened, street-level approach to the genre, formed in 2018 and working in the tradition of East Coast aggression.
Miami's Trauma work the well-worn but reliably brutal territory where death and thrash metal intersect, formed in 2018 and carrying the torch for South Florida's tradition of sun-scorched extreme music.
Louisiana's Trauma blend the swinging low-end weight of groove metal into a thrash framework, giving their sound a Southern heaviness that sets them apart from the more clinical, speed-focused takes on the genre.
Hailing from the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California, Trauma keep their sound squarely in the thrash metal lane, formed in 2018 and rooted in the region's long and productive relationship with the genre.
Blistering Death / Thrash Metal from Framingham, Massachusetts (early); Austin, Texas (later).
Trauma Craniko is an industrial/thrash metal band from Padua, active since 1999. With over two decades of activity, they channel the mechanical aggression of industrial metal through thrash from the Veneto.
Traumakraniko is a thrash metal band from Bergamo, active since 1999. With over a quarter century of thrash aggression, they are among the most enduring metal acts in the Lombard foothills.
Traumatismo de Kraneo is a thrash/crossover band from Del Viso, Buenos Aires Province. They released the EP "Holocausto Nuclear" in 2011 and the full-length album "Cavando Nuestra Propia Tumba" on April 30, 2015, and have performed at Argentine thrash festival events in Buenos Aires.
Detroit's Traumatize have been forging a hybrid of heavy and thrash metal since 2011, bringing the Motor City's industrial toughness to a sound that leans into classic riff construction and aggressive delivery.
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