Beaver Dam, Wisconsin's Monument formed in 2021 and play crossover thrash with small-town urgency — fast, stripped-down, and indebted equally to hardcore punk's aggression and thrash metal's technical edge.

Oklahoma City's Monument started out in power metal territory before shifting into a more aggressive death/thrash hybrid, reflecting the kind of restless evolution that has defined the band across their existence since 2021.

Moodswyng is a Stamford, Connecticut outfit blending old-school heavy metal muscle with thrash-driven aggression since 2016. Their sound sits squarely in the tradition of classic American metal, channeling the energy of the genre's formative years into a modern context.

Moon Command is a Minneapolis progressive thrash outfit formed in 2015, threading the rhythmic complexity of progressive metal through the aggression and speed of thrash. The result is technically demanding but driven by the forward momentum that defines the thrash tradition.

Mooncalf is a Raytown, Missouri technical thrash metal band formed in 2018, applying the genre's intricate fretboard demands to a foundation of relentless aggression. Technical thrash is a narrow lane and Mooncalf occupy it with evident ambition.

Mooncreature is a Rhode Island band formed in 2012 that runs thrash and black metal through a punk filter, producing something rawer and more aggressive than either genre alone. The punk influence keeps their sound energetic and unpretentious, closer to a rehearsal room than a recording studio.

San Francisco's Moosifer came together in 2024 playing heavy and thrash metal, bringing the Bay Area's storied thrash legacy into conversation with classic heavy metal directness and a healthy dose of self-aware attitude.

A Chicago death metal act founded in 2013, Moral Decay pursue the genre's classic brutal sensibility in a city with a deep underground metal tradition, prioritizing heaviness and aggression over technical flash.

Raleigh, North Carolina's Moral Decay occupy the heavy/thrash overlap, delivering the driving riff-forward attack and punishing tempos of the classic thrash era with a modern heavy metal edge since 2013.