Los Angeles' Hexen bring melodic sophistication and progressive ambition to the thrash template, threading complex arrangements through otherwise hard-hitting material. Their approach reflects the technical tradition of the LA metal scene while reaching toward something more compositionally adventurous.

Terre Haute's High Off Anxiety channel exactly what their name implies into a volatile fusion of thrash and grindcore that treats nervous energy as structural material. A new outfit, they bring the cathartic directness that the most effective short-form extreme metal demands.

Richmond, Virginia's Hoboknife weld black metal's nocturnal hostility to thrash's speed and aggression, cutting through the mid-ground with serrated efficiency. Active since 2013, they belong to a Richmond scene with a long tradition of making extreme metal feel physically threatening.

Thunderous Groove Metal from Fort Worth.

Vicious Groove / Thrash Metal from San Antonio.

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Barrington, Illinois's Hostile have been delivering groove-laced heavy metal since 2010, fusing the punch of groove metal with the directness of traditional heavy metal. Suburban Midwest aggression with a low center of gravity.

Out of Colorado Springs since 2014, Hostile Encounter bring a high-altitude intensity to old-school thrash metal, with riffs that hit like altitude sickness — fast, disorienting, and unforgiving.

Gainesville, Florida's Hot Graves are a swamp-rotten convergence of death metal, black metal, thrash, and crust punk, active since 2011 and sounding like something that crawled up from Florida soil. Ferocious, irreverent, and distinctly Southern in its ugliness.

Santa Cruz, California's Hunger have been serving up groove-driven thrash with a coastal menace since 2020, built on mid-paced pocket grooves and riff momentum that pulls like an undertow. Thrash by way of the Pacific.

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