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Dog Pack (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Ode to Brinn (2024)
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Agent X is a thrash metal band from Amherst, New York. Their 2023 full-length "The War Will Feed Itself" delivers eight tracks of politically charged thrash from the Buffalo suburb.
Agressor is a heavy and power metal band from New York City. With four releases between 2018 and 2021 — including the full-lengths "Medieval Rites" and "Neverending Destiny" — the band plays classic-styled power metal with an epic, medieval flair.
Long Island, New York thrash metal project. Suburban aggression from the land of strip malls and speed metal.
Rochester, New York thrash metal project. Roswell mythology meets Western New York speed metal.
Brooklyn thrash metal project named after the magic system in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series. Fantasy literature meets New York speed metal.
Saratoga, New York thrash/heavy metal act that emerged in 2025 with two releases right out of the gate. New blood in the thrash revival delivering aggressive, riff-driven metal from upstate New York.
Long Island thrash metal act delivering classic thrash aggression from New York's suburban sprawl. Two releases of tight, riff-driven thrash rooted in the Bay Area and East Coast traditions.
Albany thrash unit tearing through New York's capital region since 2021 with a prolific output that includes multiple full-lengths and splits. Their sound blends classic thrash aggression with a restless creative energy, covering ground from the raw fury of Royal Nothing to the refined attack of Best Behavior.
Levittown, Long Island thrash metal project. Three-letter intensity from the New York suburbs.
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