Tampa's O.D.D. drags death metal through the muck of thrash, delivering punishing riffs with the stripped-down ferocity of the Florida underground. Since 2016, they've kept the spirit of raw, no-frills extremity alive in a city built on the genre's legacy.

Features Imprecation's Danny Hiller on guitar. 'Summary Execution at Dawn' (2019) on Dark Descent is 34 minutes of pure savagery.

El Paso black/thrash veterans active since 1992. Named after the Bathory track. Prolific catalog of war-themed filth spanning three decades.

Asheville's Oblivion Throne hit the ground running in 2021 with speed metal urgency fused to classic thrash aggression, channeling the mountain city's outsider energy into high-octane riffs. Fast, fierce, and deeply rooted in the old-school spirit that never gets old.

L.A.'s Obscene Gesture ride the collision of thrash and crossover with the kind of high-energy hostility that's been a hallmark of Southern California's street-level heavy scene since the '80s. Formed in 2014, they keep the aggression blunt and the tempos punishing.

Richmond's Obsessor sit at the grimy intersection of thrash, crossover, and punk, combining the velocity of skateboard-era aggression with the tighter construction of metal riffing. Since 2016, they've been one of Virginia's most reliable purveyors of fast, chaotic, unhinged heaviness.

Virginia's Obsidian Sorrow launched in 2024 as a death/thrash project with an appetite for controlled chaos — punishing tempos, riff-forward aggression, and a clear reverence for the genre's most ferocious roots. Fresh out of the Suffolk underground with something to prove.

Heavy Sludge / Groove Metal out of Texas.

Bristol, Tennessee's Omega Tribe fuse groove metal's rhythmic punch with thrash's velocity, staking out a sound that's heavy without sacrificing momentum. Since 2017, they've represented the Appalachian end of the Southern metal underground with swagger and force.