Intricate Progressive / Groove Metal from Dallas.

San Jose's Varnok have been sharpening their Bay Area-rooted thrash since 2014, keeping the tradition of crunching riffs and rapid-fire drumming alive in the shadow of the genre's greatest proving ground. They play thrash as an act of reverence — and aggression.

Vektor formed in Tempe, Arizona in 2004 — operating earlier under the name Locrian — and became one of the most acclaimed technical thrash metal acts of the 2010s through a style that grafted Voivod's dissonant science fiction atmosphere onto the most demanding end of thrash's technical tradition. Their debut Black Future (2009) received widespread critical recognition, and Terminal Redux (2016) on Earache Records is widely regarded as their most ambitious work, a concept album spanning progressive and extreme metal in roughly equal measure. Three studio albums document the band's career.

Verminizer appeared in 2023 as a stateless, anonymous entity fusing raw black metal with industrial noise and thrash metal brutality. The combination produces something genuinely machine-like in its hostility — mechanical, scabrous, and resistant to easy categorization.

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Boston's Vetsynis bring a thrash metal attack forged in one of the Northeast's most storied metal cities, active since 2020 and carrying on a tradition the region helped define. Their approach is high-velocity, riff-forward, and uninterested in concessions to modern production trends.

San Marcos' Vex have spent twenty years evolving from death-thrash roots into something far more intricate, arriving at a progressive and melodic death metal sound that rewards close attention. Few Texas bands can claim such a deliberate, documented arc of artistic growth across two decades.

Olympia, Washington's Vexer have been thrashing out of the Pacific Northwest since 2012 with a no-nonsense approach built on velocity and economy. In a state with a rich metal heritage, they've carved a niche by staying mean, fast, and focused.

West Covina's Vexxum emerged in 2019 as part of Southern California's persistent thrash underground, bringing the aggression and technical precision the genre demands. Their San Gabriel Valley roots place them squarely in the sprawling LA metal ecosystem that has been producing killers since the 1980s.