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Necromanteum (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Vertigo (Sunbather: 10th Anniversary Remix / Remaster) (2023)
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Featured Power Metal Album
We Three Kings (Metal Holiday) (2015)
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Whittier, California thrash metal band active since 2012, operating in the straightforward heavy underground.
Sacramento act blending technical death metal with progressive structures and thrash-driven aggression, channeling complex rhythmic shifts into a sound that feels both cerebral and visceral.
Category 7 is a Los Angeles heavy metal and thrash band delivering a high-energy mix of crunching riffs, muscular rhythms, and a melodic edge that draws from both classic metal and the American power-thrash tradition.
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Los Angeles crossover thrash band fusing raw street-punk aggression of hardcore with riff-heavy Bay Area thrash assault in the tradition of classic 1980s crossover.
Half Moon Bay, California thrash metal band rooted in the Bay Area thrash tradition, delivering speed and precision in the style of classic 1980s West Coast thrash.
Cemetary is a thrash metal band from Santa Clara, California, channeling the aggressive Bay Area tradition of bands like early Exodus and Testament, with tight rhythm work, barked vocals, and relentless forward momentum.
Los Angeles, California band blending melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the riff aggression of thrash, resulting in a melodically charged and technically driven sound.
Chain Wolf is a Los Angeles, California crossover thrash band fusing the breakneck speed and aggression of thrash metal with the hardcore punk energy of crossover. Their sound captures the raw, street-level intensity that defined the mid-1980s crossover movement.
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