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Indiana's Wraith formed in 2017 to channel the raw energy of blackened speed metal and thrash punk into something that feels genuinely dangerous. Drawing from the crossover spirit of the 1980s and electrifying it with black metal venom, they play with the kind of aggressive simplicity that leaves little room for anything but forward motion.

Tampa's Wraithkiller arrived in 2021 carrying the torch of old-school thrash in one of American metal's most storied cities, bringing riff-forward aggression and tight, punishing rhythm work to a tradition the Bay Area and Florida scenes defined decades ago. Short on sentimentality and long on speed, they make clear that thrash metal still has teeth.

Orange County, California thrash outfit formed in 2017, wielding the kind of aggressive, riff-forward attack that draws from the Bay Area playbook while staying rooted in the SoCal underground. Their name telegraphs a dual-edged intensity that carries through their punishing rhythmic assault.

Alexandria, Virginia thrash metal band active since 2012, hailing from the Washington D.C. metro area where the region's hardcore and metal scenes have long cross-pollinated. Their name invokes the workmanlike brutality of classic thrash, and their decade-plus tenure suggests a band committed to keeping the style alive in the mid-Atlantic underground.

St. Louis groove and thrash metal outfit formed in 2016, combining the mid-tempo pocket and chugging heaviness of groove metal with the kinetic velocity of thrash. Rooted in the Midwestern metal underground, they channel the working-class grit that has long defined Missouri's heavy music scene.

A heavy metal band from Woodland Park, New Jersey, active since 2016, drawing on classic metal traditions with a straightforward, no-frills approach that keeps the genre's foundational energy intact. Their work sits comfortably in the lineage of American heavy metal without chasing contemporary trends.

Pompano Beach, Florida's Written in Blood have been fusing power metal's melodic ambitions with the speed and aggression of thrash since 2018, landing on a sound that's as likely to soar as it is to tear through a riff. South Florida's metal scene has produced stranger combinations, but few that work as cleanly.

Project of Imprecation vocalist David Herrera. Black/death/thrash/punk hybrid. Released a split with Hexella on Goat Throne Records.

Blistering Black / Death / Thrash Metal / Punk from Houston.

Relentless Thrash Metal (early); Speed / Heavy Metal (later) from San Antonio.

Blistering Heavy Metal with Thrash Metal elements from Bastrop.