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Lie To My Face (2022) (2022)
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Metallica (Remastered 2021) (2021)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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After Dark is a heavy metal band from Sacramento, California that blends classic metal with punk energy. Their full-length "New Dawn Rising" (2021) and its 2024 expanded edition showcase a band rooted in the raw, no-frills intersection of metal and punk.
AfterShock is a thrash metal band with roots in Honolulu, Hawaii, later based in San Francisco. Their 2020 full-length "RiSk - High-Risk Behavior" brings an island-to-mainland thrash metal attack across eleven tracks.
Agaliarept is a black metal project from California named after a demon from occult grimoire tradition. Their two EPs — "Human sacrificium" (2017) and "Necro Lust Invocation" (2019) — deliver raw, occult-themed black metal steeped in the traditions of the Second Wave.
AGE is a heavy metal and rock band from San Jose, California. Exceptionally prolific since 2022, the band has released fourteen records in three years, including multiple full-lengths and EPs that range across hard rock and traditional heavy metal territory.
Age of Darkness is a black and death metal band from Calexico, California, just miles from the Mexican border. Their 2022 full-length "As Essence Left Your Soul" and EP "Mental Crisis" bring extreme metal to one of the most remote stretches of the US-Mexico borderlands.
Aggravated Assault is a thrash metal band from Fairfield, California. Their 2025 live recording from Transplants Brewing captures the raw energy of a thrash band in their element — playing a Christmas show at a local brewery.
Aggro is a thrash/death metal band from Hayward, California. Their 2020 release "Going Under OST" is a massive twenty-nine-track video game soundtrack, an unusual format that channels metal aggression into interactive entertainment.
Agnostic Priest is a thrash and speed metal band from Oakland, California. Their 2019 full-length "Final Stand" delivers eight tracks of high-velocity thrash from the East Bay.
Los Angeles thrash metal project. The name suggests a state of unknowing — ignorance weaponized through speed and aggression.
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