Los Angeles's Grim Death weaponize speed metal's manic energy with thrash's precision and aggression, delivering a tight, stripped-down assault that hits hard and moves fast. Since 2020, they've been one of the more focused purveyors of the classic crossover between those two worlds.

Atlanta thrash pioneers Hallows Eve have been at it since 1985, predating most of the genre's defining records and helping establish the Southern US as a legitimate player in extreme metal's early years. Their aggressive, speed-forward approach influenced a generation of acts and they remain one of Georgia's most important metal exports.

Brooklyn's Hammerhoid have been gleefully ransacking the intersection of speed, thrash, and black metal since 2014, their New York City chaos lending the music an urgency that straight-up retro acts rarely achieve.

Cleveland's Hammr channel the blackened speed metal of the early 1980s with a punk-soaked fury that fits perfectly in a city with a long history of no-bullshit heavy music. Active since 2018 and showing no signs of slowing.

Lansing, Michigan's Harbinger race through heavy, speed, and thrash metal with relentless momentum since 2015, another act from the Great Lakes underground proving that the Midwest has always had the chops.

Los Angeles's Harum Scarum have been a fixture of the city's progressive thrash underground since 2014, fusing speed metal's kinetic energy with progressive structures that don't sacrifice aggression for sophistication. They move fast and think hard simultaneously.

Long Island's Hate have occupied the speed/thrash lane since 2013, channeling the raw aggression of the subgenre's most unrestrained practitioners. Their music is lean, fast, and wears its New York edge plainly.

Baltimore speed/thrash outfit Have Mercy have been sharpening their blades since 2012, delivering the kind of lean, aggressive metal that keeps one foot in classic '80s thrash and the other stomping the accelerator. Their no-frills approach favors raw speed and tight riffing over technical flash.

San Francisco's Heathen are one of the Bay Area thrash scene's most technically accomplished survivors, fusing speed metal precision with compositional sophistication that set them apart from the pack back in 1987 and still does today. Albums like Victims of Deception remain benchmarks of American technical thrash.

San Francisco's Hell Fire have been feeding the Bay Area's appetite for old-school speed and heavy metal since 2016, channeling the raw swagger of the genre's golden era with genuine reverence and plenty of leather. Their riffs hit like a fist to the face on a Friday night.

Out of Montpelier, Vermont, Hell Priest sprints through speed metal with a ferocious urgency that sounds entirely at odds with the pastoral Green Mountain state. Since 2019, the band has committed fully to the genre's fastest and most reckless edge.

Kalamazoo, Michigan's Hellhole channel the sweeping melodic death metal tradition into tight, riff-driven songs that balance brutality with songcraft since 2013. Melody and violence coexist in their work without either element compromising the other.

Houston power/speed metal. James Rivera's voice is one of the great Texas metal instruments.

Philadelphia's Hessian strip the genre back to its most feral components — black metal ferocity, speed metal momentum, and the raw bite of early thrash. Since 2014 they've operated at the intersection where aggression meets velocity.

From Saugerties, New York, Hexe Krieg weaponize the convergence of thrash, death, and speed metal into something relentlessly kinetic. Since 2012 the band has pursued a style that is as mechanically aggressive as it is single-minded in purpose.