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Savage Slam / Brutal Death Metal from Beeville.
Slamwich are a Boston, Massachusetts deathcore band formed in 2014, layering the genre's trademark breakdowns and extreme vocals over arrangements with enough Boston grit to keep things grounded. A decade in, they remain a fixture of the New England extreme underground.
A thrash metal outfit from the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin, Slanderous formed in 2020 and bring a straightforward aggression to the Midwest underground scene. Their Bandcamp presence under the name Slanderous Mambo hints at a scrappy, no-frills approach to the genre.
Hailing from Ontario, California, Slanderus blend thrash ferocity with progressive architecture, building songs that shift between angular riffing and more expansive, technically minded passages. Active since 2013, they represent the Inland Empire's commitment to metal that rewards close listening.
Vasteras' Slapdash pair groove and thrash metal from the Vastmanland capital. Their hasty, careless name channels the energy of reckless momentum into dual-genre compositions from central Sweden.
Slapface combine death metal with hardcore punk from Dresden, creating a crossover sound that channels both genres' confrontational energy. Formed in 2024, they bring fresh aggression to the Saxon heavy scene.
Slapshot formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985 from the remnants of Negative FX and DYS, with vocalist Jack 'Choke' Kelly as the band's most recognizable figure. At a moment when many first-wave Boston hardcore bands were drifting toward crossover thrash, Slapshot doubled down on the raw speed and directness of the original Boston sound, and their debut Back on the Map (1986) helped sustain the scene's identity through the late 1980s. The band's straight-edge lyrics and uncompromising stance made them influential well beyond the United States, particularly in Germany and Belgium. After nearly four decades of intermittent activity, Slapshot announced their farewell tour in 2025.
A Fort Worth, Texas band forged in 2024, Slashed to Bits operate at the savage intersection of black, death, and thrash metal — a triad that prioritizes venom and speed over any single genre's orthodoxy. Their recent formation places them squarely in the current wave of extreme metal revivalism active across the DFW underground.
Technical death/thrash metal band from the Waldviertel town of Zwettl, formed in 2019. Their precise, riff-heavy approach merges the technical demands of modern death metal with thrash metal's relentless velocity and aggression.
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