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Newly formed in 2025, Atlanta's Trash Compactor bring a death/thrash hybrid that reflects the Georgia city's long tradition of extreme metal, applying modern brutality to the genre's classic bone-crushing template.
Seattle's Trash Cult operate at the crossroads of thrash metal and punk, with their 'xtrashcultx' Bandcamp handle signaling a straight-edge-adjacent attitude fused with the Pacific Northwest's abrasive underground sensibility since 2018.
Cincinnati's Trash Knight have been flying the crossover thrash flag since 2019, blending the speed and aggression of classic Bay Area thrash with the working-class punch of hardcore punk.
Jacksonville's Trash Panda occupy the brutal end of Florida's already ferocious death metal scene, merging deathcore breakdowns with slam-influenced brutality since 2016 under a name that belies the weight of their sound.
Spokane, Washington's Trashcasket have been digging up death metal since 2022, bringing the genre's grime and morbidity to eastern Washington's growing extreme metal underground.
New Jersey's Trashed formed in 2019 with a focus on straight thrash metal, carrying the torch for the East Coast's legacy of aggressive, riff-driven metal in a state that's long had a knack for the style.
Out of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Trasher have been active since 2012 playing crossover thrash that draws equally from 80s metal and hardcore, with a sound that fits naturally into the greater Philadelphia region's punk-informed heavy music scene.
Trashgoat emerged from St. Louis in 2023 with a rawly irreverent take on black metal, their '666' Bandcamp handle telegraphing the lo-fi, adversarial spirit that runs through their music.
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