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Amongst the Low & Empty (Live in Knoxville - 2023) (2024)
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Concussion (2022)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Dark Waters (2020)
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Philadelphia's Skullovich formed in 2023 to play the kind of fast, lean thrash and speed metal that cities like their own helped define decades ago. Their approach is unambiguous — riffs built for momentum, solos built for impact, with no detours into modern subgenre territory.
Son of Kush is a melodic black/thrash metal band from Erie, Pennsylvania, formed in 2018, blending the ferocity of thrash riffing with the atmospheric hostility of black metal.
Sosterik is a Pittsburgh heavy/thrash metal band formed in 2018, channeling the blue-collar intensity of Pennsylvania's industrial heritage into a hard-hitting blend of classic heavy metal and thrash.
Spesimin is a Philadelphia-based band formed in 2020 that fuses thrash metal aggression with death metal heaviness and punk rawness, cutting through the city's underground with a no-frills cross-contaminated attack.
Spirit Flaw is a Philadelphia thrash and crossover band formed in 2020, combining the aggression of hardcore punk with the riff-driven attack of thrash metal in the tradition of East Coast crossover.
Spirus is a Philadelphia black/thrash metal band formed in 1996, one of the city's longer-running underground metal acts, fusing the speed and riff density of thrash with the cold aggression of black metal.
Splat is a technical thrash metal band from Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, formed in 2019, playing fast and intricate thrash with an emphasis on complex riffing and tight musicianship.
Star Viper is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania blackened heavy and thrash metal band formed in 2022, infusing the cold aggression of black metal into a framework of classic heavy and thrash metal riffing.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania thrash metal band formed in 2022, delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash in the tradition of Bay Area and East Coast thrash with a modern underground energy.
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Pennsylvania Metal Index is an index of Pennsylvania heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the Pennsylvania metal scene.