Los Angeles heavy/power metal act Haven draw on the anthemic tradition of the genre, pairing muscular riffs with melodic vocal hooks that aim for the epic. Formed in 2018, the band channels the sweeping ambition of classic power metal into a contemporary package.

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Denver thrash revivalists Havok emerged in 2009 and quickly became one of the most visible standard-bearers of the genre's 21st-century resurgence, releasing a string of tight, technically sharp records that honored the Bay Area blueprint without simply imitating it. Their live reputation is formidable.

Jacksonville's Haxprocess represent the progressive wing of extreme metal, threading death metal brutality and thrash aggression through complex, technically demanding arrangements that betray a taste for conceptual ambition. For a band formed in 2022, they've arrived with a surprisingly developed sound.

Hoboken's Hayaino Daisuki translates roughly as 'I love speed' — and they mean it, delivering blistering blasts of thrash-infused grindcore that rarely slow long enough to catch a breath. Since 2008 they've been one of New Jersey's most furiously paced metal exports.

Columbia, Missouri's Hazard grind groove and thrash together in the manner of mid-90s Pantera and Sepultura — all low, locked-in riffs and head-snapping tempo shifts. Since 2015 they've been bringing that meaty, swinging heaviness to the Missouri scene.

St. Louis thrash veterans Head on Collision have been a fixture of the Missouri metal underground since 2000, playing the kind of honest, riff-first thrash that doesn't ask for academic validation. Over two decades they've quietly accumulated a body of work built on consistency rather than hype.

New York's Headless Eyes occupy an unusually broad corner of extreme metal, blending death, thrash, and traditional heavy metal into a sound that refuses easy categorization. Formed in 2020, they draw on the full timeline of heavy music and synthesize it into something with its own jagged shape.

Cleveland black/thrash outfit Headless Rats channel the rabid, scabrous energy of first-wave black metal and Motorhead-indebted punk thrash into a sound that's filthy and fast in equal measure. Since 2014 they've been a reliable source of dangerous, unpolished extremity from the Rust Belt.