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Thrash/death metal band from Grevenbroich, Germany, active since 2013. Their punishing crossover of thrash and death metal delivers relentless aggression from the Rhineland industrial heartland.
Santa Cruz County's HammerDown fuse heavy metal and hard rock with the laid-back coastal defiance only Northern California can produce, active since 2019 and built around thick riffs and road-tested grooves.
Ventura County, California's Hammered traffic in straight-up heavy metal with no frills and no apologies — the kind of band that reminds you why the genre thrived in suburban garages before arenas ever came calling. Active since 2019.
Milwaukee's Hammered have been sharpening their thrash metal attack since 2019, channeling the industrial grit of their Midwestern home into riffs that hit like a factory press on a bad shift.
Portland's Hammered Grunts have been a fixture of the Pacific Northwest's crossover scene since 2012, smashing thrash and hardcore together with the anarchic energy of a backyard show that ran way too long.
Finnish heavy metal band from Lahti with a prolific six-album catalog spanning "Devil's Music" through "Remains." Releases like "All Hell Breaks Loose," "Roadkill," and "New War" channel relentless high-energy metal through a hard-hitting approach to the genre.
Rooted in Gothenburg's underground, this heavy/power metal project delivers relentless compositions with conviction since 2016. Twin-guitar harmonies and commanding vocals characterize their sound.
Heavy/doom metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2013. Their ponderous, crushing sound combines traditional heavy metal riffing with the slow-burning weight of doom metal.
Connecticut's Hammerfist blend industrial machinery into their thrash metal framework, giving the Naugatuck Valley act a mechanized, cold-edged aggression that sets them apart from straight-up retro thrashers. Active since 2010.
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