Tampa's Party Time live at the chaotic intersection of crossover thrash, hardcore, and old-school metal, delivering the kind of sets that end in sweat and bruised limbs since 2015. Their name is a joke delivered deadpan over d-beats and gang vocals.

Furious Crossover / Thrash Metal from Austin/Houston/Pasadena.

Out of Kenosha since 2005, People Again channels the d-beat fury of crust punk through thrash metal's velocity, producing something rawboned and relentless.

Phantom Witch is a thrash metal band from Salinas, California, founded in 2012 by drummer Q Minor and taking their current name after guitarist Travis Ochoa joined in 2017. The band's self-titled album appeared in 2018, with subsequent releases including Forced To Worship and Psychogenic Death demonstrating their commitment to a straightforward, riff-driven Bay Area and Los Angeles thrash sound rooted in Slayer, Testament, and Exodus. They remain active in the California metal circuit.

Phil Anselmo's post-Pantera project delivering raw, unfiltered thrash and sludge.

A Bay Area institution since 1989, Berkeley's Piranha has survived the genre's cycles long enough to outlast trends entirely, delivering stripped-down thrash with the credibility of three decades in the underground.

Godfathers of El Paso's metal scene. Groove/thrash metal touring with Cannibal Corpse and Anthrax.

Oceanside's Plaguelord has been thrashing since 2019 with a coastal California aggression — hard-nosed, fast, and built for the pit, drawing on classic Bay Area and crossover traditions without apology.

Lewisburg, West Virginia's Plaguewielder evolved from raw black metal into a blacker, more feral black/thrash hybrid — a fitting sound for a band forged in the isolated mountains of Appalachia.