Boston's Morbid Blood take the blackened thrash template — vicious riffing, raw production, first-wave black metal aesthetics slammed into thrash's speed — and have been honing that caustic sound since their 2013 formation.

Washington state black metal act formed in 2016, channeling raw aggression through a grim, uncompromising approach to the genre. Their Bandcamp output reflects an underground sensibility rooted in the Pacific Northwest's isolated atmosphere.

New Brunswick, New Jersey outfit that launched in 2023 fusing the bestial savagery of black metal with the riff-forward brutality of death metal. A young project in the blackened death tradition that pulls from the ugliest corners of both genres.

San Diego black/thrash metal band active since 2014, blending the venomous attack of first-wave black metal with the driving velocity of thrash. Their sound draws on the sun-scorched ferocity that San Diego's underground scene has quietly cultivated.

Tampa, Florida three-piece born in 2017 where the city's storied death metal legacy bleeds into a harder-edged cocktail of black metal, heavy metal, and speed metal. They carry the torch of the Florida underground while leaning into the reckless energy of early speed and heavy metal.

Springfield, Missouri thrash metal band that has been operating since 2017, bringing hard-hitting, riff-driven thrash to the Missouri underground. Their straightforward thrash approach in a city not typically associated with the genre makes them a notable outlier in the Midwest metal scene.

Maryland black/speed metal act launched in 2023, fusing the rawness and malevolence of black metal with the full-throttle propulsion of speed metal. A young project out of Maryland's relatively active underground, they lean into the aggressive hybrid style championed by early bands like Venom and Midnight.

Bellefonte, Pennsylvania death metal band formed in 2020, emerging from central Pennsylvania's small but dedicated extreme metal community. Their name and origin point to an act interested in ritual-heavy, old-school death metal aesthetics well removed from urban metal hubs.

Brooklyn-based blackened death metal band formed in 2021, forging the kind of dense, suffocating sound that feels at home in New York City's densely packed extreme metal underground. They marry black metal's atmosphere and hostility with death metal's rhythmic brutality.