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Scottsdale, Arizona's Ripchord trace their roots back further than most modern crossover thrash acts — Metal Archives lists their formation as 2019 but their MA entry carries a low ID suggesting older roots — and their sound reflects a deep familiarity with the Suicidal Tendencies and D.R.I. lineage that shaped the genre. They hit hard and fast, blending metal riffing with hardcore punk's directness in a desert city not traditionally known for extreme metal. Their commitment to the crossover form puts them among the Southwest's more interesting underground thrash acts.
Ripe is a heavy metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2013. The band delivers traditional heavy metal from the Danish capital, part of Copenhagen's thriving metal community.
Ripio is a La Plata, Buenos Aires heavy metal project driven largely by Eduardo Costanzo, who records and produces the music himself. The band released five studio albums between 2001 and 2013, including Condenado a Vivir (2001), Vengador de Perdedores (2009), and Marcado por la Locura (2013), the last of which features ten original tracks.
Colossal Doom Metal out of Texas.
Stoner/sludge metal band from Manchester, England, active since 2014. Named after the Alien franchise protagonist, their approach delivers fuzz-drenched heaviness from northern England.
Ripped 2 Shreds is a death metal and grindcore band from Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2018. The band brings extreme speed and brutality to the Westphalian university city's underground.
Death metal band from Bristol, England, formed in 2019. Their approach delivers brutal death metal from one of the UK's most vibrant music cities.
Portland, Oregon's Ripped Off launched in 2025 as one of the newest acts fusing death metal's extremity with hardcore's raw, confrontational urgency — a combination with deep roots in the Pacific Northwest's historically intense underground. Their name signals their ethos: stripped back, pissed off, and uninterested in polish. Even this early in their existence, they're plugged into Portland's vibrant heavy music community, which has long fostered this kind of brutal, crossover aggression.
Ripped to Shreds is a California death metal project founded in 2016 by Taiwanese-American musician Andrew Lee, who uses the band as a vehicle for exploring Chinese history, folklore, and anti-imperialist politics within a Eurocentric extreme metal framework. After several self-released albums building an underground following, the band signed to Relapse Records and released 三屍 (Sanshi) in 2024, solidifying Lee's reputation as one of the most distinctive voices in current American death metal.
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