A hard-hitting Bay Area thrash metal quartet who incorporate elements of progressive, death, neoclassical, and twin-guitar-based power metal into their already mighty aural attack, Exmortus are the missing link between Testament, Children of Bodom, Manowar, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Since debuting in 2008, they have gone from independent noisemakers to Prosthetic Records mainstays, delivering high-octane slabs of sonic might like Ride Forth (2016) and Sound of Steel (2018), alongside labelmates Skeletonwitch and Scale the Summit. They issued their high-octane sixth long-player, Necrophony, in 2023 on Nuclear Blast.