Trastorned is a blackened thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, founded in 2009 by guitarists Felipe González and Fabián Piña alongside vocalist Fist Banger Lonza. After early demos and singles, the band released their debut full-length Into the Void in 2023 on German label Dying Victims Productions, available on vinyl and CD.

San Francisco's Trauma draw from the city's storied metal heritage, reviving the power and speed metal traditions of the Bay Area with anthemic riffs and a high-octane approach that recalls the scene's 1980s heyday.

Long Island's Trauma bring a no-nonsense thrash metal attack that reflects the New York area's hardened, street-level approach to the genre, formed in 2018 and working in the tradition of East Coast aggression.

Miami's Trauma work the well-worn but reliably brutal territory where death and thrash metal intersect, formed in 2018 and carrying the torch for South Florida's tradition of sun-scorched extreme music.

Louisiana's Trauma blend the swinging low-end weight of groove metal into a thrash framework, giving their sound a Southern heaviness that sets them apart from the more clinical, speed-focused takes on the genre.

Hailing from the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California, Trauma keep their sound squarely in the thrash metal lane, formed in 2018 and rooted in the region's long and productive relationship with the genre.

Blistering Death / Thrash Metal from Framingham, Massachusetts (early); Austin, Texas (later).

Seattle's Trauma Sounds blend black metal's harsh atmosphere with post-black metal's more expansive, textured approach, incorporating shoegaze elements into a sound that fits the grey, introspective character of the Pacific Northwest.

Oak Ridge, Tennessee's Traumatic Asphyxia have been dealing out death metal since 2022, bringing the genre's suffocating intensity to a corner of Appalachia not typically associated with extreme metal.