Tyrant is a thrash metal band from Lansing, Michigan, formed in 2018, adding to the Midwest's long tradition of hard-hitting thrash with fast tempos and aggressive riffing.

Tyrants of Hell is a Tampa, Florida band formed in 2014 that fuses the caustic aggression of thrash metal with the grinding brutality of death metal, drawing on the legacy of Florida's storied extreme metal scene.

Tzaraath is a black/thrash metal band from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, active since 2011, combining the raw fury of black metal with the hard-driving attack of thrash in the Wisconsin underground.

Fresh out of Indiana as of 2024, Ulcerated Blastula hit the ground running with a grindcore and thrash hybrid that favors velocity and blunt force over nuance. Short, hostile, and relentless — exactly what the name suggests.

Albuquerque's Ultimatum have been hammering out straightforward thrash metal since 2016, carrying the torch for the genre's classic aggressive energy in the high desert of New Mexico. No frills, no detours — just meat-and-potatoes thrash with some Southwest grit behind it.

Experimental atmospheric metal from Fort Worth. Early material explored avant-garde thrash territory. Releases on Visceral Circuitry Records.

Edwardsville, Illinois death-thrashers Unburied have been plowing through the American underground since 2006, fusing the morbid heaviness of old-school death metal with the kinetic aggression of thrash. No-frills and consistently bruising.

Formed in Los Angeles in 2023, Undead Legion channel the aggression and crunch of classic thrash into a no-frills attack with a distinctly modern SoCal edge. Young but combative, they're another entry in the city's long tradition of street-level thrash.

Out of Jasper, Alabama, Unstoppable Evil play meat-and-bones thrash with a Southern directness that doesn't waste time on subtlety since their 2020 formation. The name is a mission statement — no irony, just riffs.

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.

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.