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Death's Forgotten Children (2023)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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One Day Closer to the End of the World (2019)
05/12 @ The Basement East, Nashville
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From Days Unto Darkness (2019)
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Savage Grace is an American power and speed metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981 originally under the name Marquis de Sade, drawing early attention when their song 'Scepters of Deceit' appeared on Metal Blade's Metal Massacre II compilation in 1982. The band released the EP The Dominatress (1984) and their debut full-length Master of Disguise (1985), followed by After the Fall from Grace (1986), both considered significant entries in the early American speed metal canon. After a lengthy hiatus following their 1993 split, the band returned in 2023 with Sign of the Cross, the first new studio album in 37 years.
Los Angeles's Shrapnel, formed in 2021, deliver heavy and thrash metal shaped by the city's sprawling extreme metal community, prioritizing riff density and forward momentum in a style that echoes the early-80s heavy thrash underground.
Los Angeles speed/power metal band formed in 2017, channeling the fist-pumping energy and high-velocity attack of classic speed metal through the city's hard rock tradition.
Out of Santa Fe Springs, California, Skeptor has been honing a razor-sharp technical speed and thrash metal attack since 2014 — a Southern California act rooted in the region's rich thrash heritage but pushing toward more intricate, precise territory.
Soraya are a heavy, speed, and thrash metal band from Palmdale, California, formed in 2021, channeling the raw energy of classic 80s metal into a modern context with an emphasis on speed and traditional song structures.
Speed Demon is a thrash/speed metal band from Monterey, California, formed in 2022, drawing on punk-infused speed metal in the mold of early Motörhead and Agent Steel, favoring raw velocity and stripped-down song structures.
SpeedBurner is a speed/thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2019, playing fast, stripped-down metal informed by the early 1980s speed metal tradition and classic thrash aggression.
Los Angeles heavy metal band formed in 2016, rooted in the classic American heavy metal tradition with a no-frills approach to riff-driven songwriting and muscular song structures.
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