Milwaukee's Towering Abomination have been grinding out technical and brutal death metal since 2015, combining the genre's intricate riffing and machine-like precision with the kind of raw, punishing physicality that defines the Wisconsin underground's extreme end.

St. Louis's Towering Filth, active since 2011, fuse the ugliness of sludge metal with black metal's hostility and hardcore's stripped-down fury, arriving at a sound that is deliberately abrasive, confrontational, and indifferent to genre boundaries.

Houston's Towerlord, formed in 2024, ride the crossover thrash lane with a Texas attitude — tight, aggressive riffing that bridges hardcore punk's directness and thrash metal's speed, putting them squarely in Houston's tradition of no-nonsense underground heaviness.

Portland, Oregon's Towers deal in the lumbering, sun-scorched territory where sludge metal meets stoner rock, built on heavy amplifier worship, slow groove, and the kind of earth-moving low end that defines the Pacific Northwest's heavier underground.

A death metal act from Chula Vista, California, formed in 2020, Towers of Flesh and Blood channel a direct and unembellished approach to the genre, delivering the kind of visceral, blunt-force heaviness that anchors San Diego's death metal underground.

Portland, Maine's Toxic Cross, formed in 2018, blend the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian death metal with thrash's riff-forward attack, producing a sound that bridges European melodic death and the rawer American thrash tradition.

Albuquerque's Toxic Crusade, active since 2013, fly the flag for straightforward thrash metal in New Mexico, delivering the genre's classic elements — aggressive riffing, barked vocals, and relentless tempo — without pretense or compromise.

Portland, Oregon's Toxic Holocaust are one of the definitive names in the blackened speed and thrash metal revival, led by Joel Grind since 2002, forging a rawly produced and ferociously energetic sound that draws equally from early Sodom, Bathory, and Motörhead.

Orlando's Toxic Intent, formed in 2023, crash crossover thrash and straight-up thrash together into a ferocious and streamlined package, playing with the short-song urgency of hardcore and the technical riffing of thrash in equal measure.