Blistering Black / Thrash Metal from Dallas.

Black/thrash metal from Dallas. Continuation of Absu legacy.

A raw speed and thrash metal outfit out of Gainesville, Florida, Prostitute emerged in 2024 with the aggressive, no-frills energy of early Bay Area thrash and classic NWOBHM-influenced speed. Even as a new act, the band wastes no time announcing a commitment to velocity and abrasion over polish.

A San Diego project active since 2021, Protas blend the swagger of classic heavy metal with the propulsive attack of thrash, drawing on California's deep tradition of dual-genre crossover. The project is built around guitarist Jon Protas, whose playing bridges the melodic sensibility of traditional metal with sharper, more aggressive arrangements.

A Los Angeles heavy metal outfit formed in 2017, Prowler draw on the melodic, leather-and-chrome aesthetic of traditional metal — clean vocals, galloping rhythms, and guitar work that nods to the NWOBHM and American power metal bands that ruled the Sunset Strip era. Their music rewards fans who prize craft and songcraft over extreme noise.

Out of Holden, Maine, Psonen forges blackened thrash metal with the cold, rural isolation of New England seeping into their sound — raw black metal menace fused with the driving aggression of classic thrash, active since 2019.

Hailing from Michigan City, Indiana, Psychomancer have been conjuring death-thrash metal since 2015 — their sound sits at the intersection of technical thrash aggression and old-school death metal weight, with deep roots in the Great Lakes underground.

Based out of rural southeastern Ohio, Psychomancy formed in 2020 playing a groove-heavy thrash metal hybrid that pulls from the rhythmic muscle of groove metal while keeping the riffing speed and attitude of classic thrash firmly intact.

Keyport, New Jersey's Psychosis play straight-ahead death metal with a focused, underground-first approach — formed in 2017, they operate in the tradition of classic East Coast brutality, favoring density and aggression over experimentation.

Auburn Hills, Michigan's Psychosis emerged in 2017 as a thrash metal act steeped in the aggressive, blue-collar work ethic of the Detroit metro area — tightly wound riffs and a high-energy attack characterize their style.

One of Sacramento's longest-running thrash acts, Psychosomatic have been grinding since 1990 — a genuine Bay Area-adjacent legacy band that has outlasted countless peers while keeping their sound rooted in the speed and aggression of the classic California thrash era.

Knoxville, Tennessee's Psychosystem play a muscle-heavy fusion of thrash and groove metal, formed in 2012 — the combination suits the Southern city's hard rock sensibilities, pushing rhythmic punch alongside the kind of riff density that rewards repeated listens.

Hackensack, New Jersey's Psychotic have been delivering speed and thrash metal since 2010 — fast, ferocious, and indebted to the classic New York and New Jersey underground, they prioritize velocity and raw riff aggression above all else.

Vermillion, Ohio's Psycopath have been playing straightforward thrash metal since 2018, delivering the genre's trademark aggression and speed from a small-town Ohio setting that keeps their approach stripped down, road-tested, and unpretentious.

Cleveland's Punching Moses have been at it since 2012, playing a hard-nosed crossover that draws equally from Bay Area thrash and Midwest hardcore — aggressive, blunt, and grounded in the blue-collar ethos of the city they come from. Expect circle-pit riffs and no philosophical hedging.