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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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Stormbat is a thrash/groove metal band from Watsonville, California, formed in 2013, combining the rhythmic punch of groove metal with thrash's relentless forward momentum.
Stormfront is a black/thrash metal band from Corona, California, formed in 2017, combining the stripped-down ferocity of black metal with thrash metal's aggressive forward drive.
Fontana, California thrash metal band with roots going back to 2018, delivering the aggressive riffing and breakneck tempos of classic American thrash with a Southern California punch.
Stockton, California heavy and thrash metal band also formed in 1989, blending the melodic directness of traditional heavy metal with the aggression and speed of thrash.
Poway, California thrash and death metal band formed in 2023, blending the speed and technical riffing of thrash with the heavier, more brutal textures of death metal.
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.
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