Little Rock's Cavort Usurp mix black metal's raw intensity with hardcore's direct aggression and thrash metal's riff-forward energy, creating a crossover-adjacent sound that feels combative and street-level.

Brutal Death Metal from Houston, Texas / Seattle, Washington / Phoenix, Arizona (early); Houston, Texas (later).

Celestial Demise plays melodic, anthem-driven power metal with soaring vocals, harmony-rich guitar arrangements, and an epic sensibility drawn from the European power metal tradition transplanted to Boston. Their approach favors grandiose song structures and polished, dramatic performances.

Cemetary is a thrash metal band from Santa Clara, California, channeling the aggressive Bay Area tradition of bands like early Exodus and Testament, with tight rhythm work, barked vocals, and relentless forward momentum.

Cemetery Lust is a black/thrash metal band from Portland, Oregon, combining the raw savagery of first-wave black metal with the speed and riff aggression of classic thrash in the tradition of Venom, Midnight, and Toxic Holocaust — mean-spirited, filth-forward, and built for speed.

Cenobite is a death/thrash metal band from Plymouth, Massachusetts, named after the Hellraiser mythos and combining the riff-forward speed of thrash with the heavier tonal palette of early death metal in the tradition of Possessed and early Death.

Cenotaph is a thrash metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, delivering Bay Area-influenced thrash built on crunching riff patterns and melodic soloing, with a career reflecting a consistent commitment to classic American thrash values.

Centaurus is a progressive metal band from Chicago, Illinois, crafting ambitious, layered compositions that draw from the technical and conceptual traditions of Queensrÿche and Dream Theater, with extended song structures and a strong emphasis on melodic instrumental interplay.

Metalcore and thrash metal band from Charleston, South Carolina, blending the aggressive riffing and breakdowns of metalcore with the driving rhythms of old-school thrash.

Thrash metal band from Athens, Ohio, playing aggressive, riff-driven thrash in the American tradition.

Los Angeles, California band blending melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the riff aggression of thrash, resulting in a melodically charged and technically driven sound.

Cleveland, Ohio act spanning black metal, death metal, and thrash, drawing on all three traditions to create a raw and aggressive hybrid sound.

Groove death/thrash from San Marcos. Has opened for Anthrax, The Black Dahlia Murder, Devildriver, Cattle Decapitation, and Suffocation.

Ceremonial Slaughter is a thrash metal band from Austin, Texas, delivering aggressive, riff-driven attack rooted in the classic Bay Area and Teutonic traditions. Their sound emphasizes speed and ferocity with a raw, uncompromising edge.

Cereviscera is a Chicago, Illinois band fusing technical death metal with progressive and thrash influences, constructing intricate, shifting compositions that reward close listening. Their songwriting balances cerebral complexity with raw metallic force.