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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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San Jose, California death/thrash metal band formed in 2014, blending the technical ferocity of Bay Area thrash with old-school death metal brutality.
Huntington Beach, California thrash metal band formed in 2017, rooted in the Southern California scene's tradition of high-energy, riff-driven aggression.
El Sobrante, California progressive/thrash metal band formed in 2016, weaving the technicality and ambition of progressive metal into a thrash-rooted foundation from the heart of the Bay Area.
San Diego brutal death metal band formed in 2023, adding to Southern California's thriving extreme metal underground with punishing low-end heaviness and unrelenting aggression.
Inglewood, California death/thrash metal band formed in 2018, channeling the Southern California underground's appetite for speed and brutality through a hybrid of death and thrash influences.
Suburban Paranoia is a thrash metal band from Pittsburg, California, formed in 2007, channeling the Bay Area thrash tradition with aggressive riffing and socially charged lyrical themes.
Subversion is a thrash metal band from San Juan Capistrano, California, formed in 2011, drawing on Southern California's hard-hitting thrash tradition with fast, aggressive guitar work and relentless energy.
Succumb is a death metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2017, known for their dissonant, chaotic approach and the distinctive shrieking vocals of frontwoman Cheri Musrasrik, whose 2017 debut drew comparisons to Mitochondrion and Portal.
Sudden Loss is an Oakland, California band formed in 2017 that operates in the overlap between crossover thrash, death metal, and hardcore, combining Bay Area aggression with a menacing death metal edge.
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