Crewe, Virginia thrash/death metal band formed in 2018, working in the aggressive crossover territory where old-school thrash velocity meets death metal's heavier harmonic darkness. A rural Virginia act bringing sharp-edged extremity to a state with a scattered but resilient underground.

Chicago crossover thrash/hardcore band formed in 2022, fusing the breakneck tempos of thrash with hardcore's confrontational directness — their Spanish name, meaning "God willing," suggesting a pointed cultural identity within a genre historically dominated by Anglo voices.

Nashville thrash/death/groove/Southern metal band formed in 2020, bearing the Virginia state motto — a phrase synonymous with defiant violence — as their banner while blending the riff-forward aggression of groove metal with the humidity and grit of Southern metal.

Staten Island progressive thrash/death metal act formed in 2023 that evolved toward deathcore, mapping a trajectory from technical complexity toward crushing modern heaviness — a New York City band navigating the intersection of precision and brutality.

Phoenix heavy/thrash act formed in 2018, delivering punishing riff-forward metal with the attitude of classic thrash filtered through a modern, muscular lens.

Thrash metal outfit hailing from Placerville, California, keeping the Bay Area tradition alive with driving riffs and aggressive, no-frills attack since 2011.

San Luis Obispo thrash outfit formed in 2020, channeling the raw intensity and social cynicism of classic thrash into a tight, relentless sound on the Central Coast.

Fort Lauderdale death metal stalwarts with roots going back to 2002, part of the fertile South Florida scene that has produced some of the most punishing extremity in American metal history.

Las Vegas progressive death/thrash act formed in 2017, weaving together technical complexity, thrashy aggression, and death metal weight into an ambitious and ever-shifting sound.