Thrash Metal

Spazztic Blurr is a grindcore band from Portland, Oregon.

Razor is a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1984 at Guelph, Ontario. The band dissolved in 1992, but reformed in the late 1990s to record another album, titled Decibels, in 1997. The band dissolved again, and reformed in 2005, and are currently planning to record another studio album. Guitarist and primary songwriter Dave Carlo has been the only permanent member in the band's 27-year history.

Razor will be making their first US appearance since 1992 in an exclusive appearance at Maryland Deathfest in 2015.

Vulcano is an extreme metal band from Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 1981, it is one of the first Brazilian heavy metal bands of note.

Metal Church is an American heavy metal band that is credited as a formative influence on the thrash metal sub-genre.

Bulldozer is an extreme metal band from Milan, Italy, that was active from 1980 until 1990. They had reunited as of 2008.

Dark Angel originally formed in 1981 in Downey, California (outside Los Angeles), around the time the San Fransisco thrash movement began to blossom. Their distinctive, over-the-top sound - always a beat faster than their contemporaries, with lengthy songs punctuated by extended instrumentalizations - earned them the nickname "L.A. Caffeine Machine".  Throughout the 1980's and early 1990's Dark Angel released four full length albums and toured extensively, gaining noteriety in a thrash scene that was quickly growing in popularity.

Hailing from the chaos ridden land of Bangladesh, ORATOR is a Death/Thrash metal band in the vein of Master, old Sepultura, Merciless and many more. Orator so far has released an EP, a demo tape and a full length. Now signed with Pulverised Records, Orator is working on the sophomore release. Orator spreads nothing but deathrashing madness of nothingness or non-existence inspired by their the inauspicious mad Aghoris. The trio will be performing at the Maryland Death Fest in Baltimore, Maryland next year to show their aghoratorical rage!

Ratos de Porão, or simply RxDxPx, was formed in 1981, existing in the Brazilian (São Paulo city) punk rock scene . Directly influenced by the UK 82 hardcore bands such as Discharge, G.B.H., Varukers and Swedish and Finnish bands such as Anti-Cimex and Kaaos, they started to write songs that criticized Brazilian society, a revolutionary concept at the time. Their sound is regarded as one of rawest of their scene.  Ratos de Porão will be making their first appearance at Maryland Deathfest in 2014.