Los Angeles' Temple of Dagon have been conjuring death/thrash savagery since 2014, fusing the crust punk grit of the California underground with the skull-splitting attack of old-school death and thrash. Their Lovecraftian namesake suits music this primordial — filthy, fast, and hostile, built on riffs that feel dredged from somewhere beneath the ocean floor.

Short-lived blackened thrash/crust unit active 2007-2009. Lyrics addressed corruption, anti-government themes, and Mexican wrestlers.

Thieves is a California grindcore and crust punk act formed in 2013, channeling the raw, politically charged fury of crust into a grindcore format that is brief, loud, and absolutely unsparing. Operating without a fixed city listing, they embody the nomadic, anti-establishment spirit of the crust underground.

Chicago's Those Motherfuckers have been tearing up the Midwest underground since 2009 with a punk-metal hybrid that fuses crust's bile and urgency with heavy metal's riff-driven power. Direct, loud, and unapologetically abrasive, they belong to a long Chicago tradition of bands who don't waste time with subtlety.

Milwaukee's To the Dogs emerged in 2020 with a scrappy, vicious sound that mashes black metal's corrosive atmosphere into thrash riffs and crust punk's anarchic energy, keeping things raw and confrontational throughout.

Buffalo, New York's Torture Agenda smashes together grindcore ferocity, speed metal momentum, and crust punk's D-beat-rooted rawness into a chaotic, high-velocity assault formed in 2021.

Portland's Tragedy are one of the more distinctive voices in heavy music, weaving crust punk's anarchic urgency together with doom and sludge metal's oppressive weight to create something that feels both furious and crushing.

Tampa, Florida's Traitor Crucifix draw on their city's legendary extreme metal legacy while bringing crossover, thrash, and crust punk into the mix, delivering a raw and antagonistic sound since 2014.

Trap Them are a grindcore and crust punk powerhouse whose blistering, d-beat-informed attack has made them one of the more ferocious acts in American extreme music — raw, politically charged, and uncompromisingly abrasive.

Brooklyn's Trenchgrinder have been a fixture in the New York underground since 2011, channeling death metal brutality, thrash velocity, and crust punk filth into a sound built for the pit. Their approach is confrontational and unpolished in the best tradition of the borough's extreme metal lineage.

True Illusion is a Hutchinson, Kansas band formed in 2020 that blends melodic groove metal, thrash, and metalcore influences into a driving, riff-centered sound.