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Trauerkult is a post-black metal project from Germany, formed in 2019. Their name meaning "cult of mourning," they explore the atmospheric and emotional dimensions of post-black metal.
San Francisco's Trauma draw from the city's storied metal heritage, reviving the power and speed metal traditions of the Bay Area with anthemic riffs and a high-octane approach that recalls the scene's 1980s heyday.
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.
Trauma Bond is a grindcore band from London, formed in 2021. Their psychologically-charged name suits the intense, cathartic blasts of grindcore they deliver.
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.
Seattle's Trauma Sounds blend black metal's harsh atmosphere with post-black metal's more expansive, textured approach, incorporating shoegaze elements into a sound that fits the grey, introspective character of the Pacific Northwest.
Traumagain is a brutal death metal band from Reggio di Calabria, formed in 2021. Their name promises repeated suffering, delivered through the relentless brutality of death metal from Italy's toe.
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.
Traumata is a melodic death/folk metal band from Merzig, Germany, formed in 2023. They weave folk elements into melodic death metal from the Saarland region.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee's Traumatic Asphyxia have been dealing out death metal since 2022, bringing the genre's suffocating intensity to a corner of Appalachia not typically associated with extreme metal.
Philadelphia's Traumatic Insemination are specialists in slam and brutal death metal, formed in 2021 and committed to the sub-genre's most physically imposing qualities — crushing downtuned riffs, guttural vocals, and rhythms built to devastate.
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