Portland, Oregon black/thrash outfit formed in 2020, combining the cold, malevolent atmosphere of black metal with the kinetic aggression of thrash — a pairing the Pacific Northwest underground has shown particular affinity for in recent years.

Providence, Rhode Island black/thrash act formed in 2019, fusing occult black metal menace with the speed and directness of thrash from a city that has long nurtured dark and extreme underground music, adding a witchcraft-inflected edge to their sound.

Houston, Texas heavy/thrash act formed in 2014, operating in a city with one of the most productive metal undergrounds in the American South and drawing on both traditional heavy metal's melodic sensibility and thrash's rhythmic force.

Detroit, Michigan heavy metal act with roots stretching back to 1983, representing the long continuity of traditional heavy metal in a city whose industrial backdrop has always given that music extra weight and conviction.

Chicago, Illinois power/thrash metal band formed in 1983, combining the technical ambition and melodic strength of power metal with the aggression and momentum of thrash — a pairing that reflected Chicago's fertile and diverse metal environment during the genre's formative decade.

Sioux City, Iowa death/thrash act formed in 2012, occupying the aggressive intersection between the two styles in a part of the Great Plains that produces metal with an unadorned, no-frills intensity born of working far outside the spotlight of major coastal scenes.

Westminster, California industrial thrash act formed in 2024, merging the mechanical, abrasive texture of industrial metal with thrash's forward momentum — a combination that leans into the cold, dystopian side of both genres.

Los Angeles, California thrash metal outfit formed in 2018, one of many bands keeping the flame lit in a city that played a significant role in thrash's development, delivering straight-ahead riff-driven metal under the Bandcamp handle 'jinxthreethirteen.'

Reading, Pennsylvania's Threnody have been grinding out death metal since 2012, drawing on the Mid-Atlantic's blue-collar extreme metal tradition to deliver punishing, no-frills heaviness.

Columbus, Ohio's Threnody work within the thrash metal tradition, delivering the kinetic riff-driven assault and aggressive energy that have defined the genre since its mid-eighties heyday.

Spokane, Washington's Threshold have been a fixture of the Pacific Northwest progressive metal scene since 1999, known for elaborate, melodically rich compositions that favor technical ambition and dynamic storytelling over brute force.

East Longmeadow, Massachusetts's Threshold channel the velocity and aggression of classic thrash and speed metal, playing with the kind of tightly wound, riff-obsessed intensity that defined the genre's early years.

Atlanta, Georgia's Threshold of Pain fuse the muscular backbone of heavy metal with punk-inflected urgency and hard rock swagger, forging a raucous, street-level sound that resists easy categorization since their formation in 2015.

Long Branch, New Jersey's Threshold of Pain grind out thrash and groove metal with the kind of blunt-force conviction you'd expect from the Jersey Shore underground — heavy, aggressive, and uninterested in subtlety.

Brooklyn's Throaat have been one of New York City's more ferocious underground exports since 2013, mashing speed, thrash, and black metal into a filthy, relentless hybrid that strips away any pretension in favor of raw, primordial attack.