Agonia is a death/thrash metal band from Los Angeles with an extraordinarily prolific output — fourteen releases since 2024 alone. The project's relentless pace includes multiple full-lengths, EPs, and singles that suggest either a deep well of material or a one-person creative torrent.

Agrezor is a thrash metal band from Los Angeles. Their 2023 output includes the EP "Death to Earth" alongside a reissued 2008 demo, connecting the band's present-day thrash to over a decade of underground activity.

Alastor is a thrash metal band from Hemet, California. With three releases between 2017 and 2021, including the full-length "Onwards and Downwards," the band plays aggressive thrash from the Inland Empire.

San Francisco thrash metal project. The alchemical text name adds mystical weight to Bay Area speed.

Alchemist is a thrash/groove metal band from Los Angeles with a prolific output of fifteen releases between 2018 and 2020. The project's rapid-fire catalog includes EPs with names like "Bread" and "BOLDFACE," suggesting an irreverent approach to heavy music.

Fairfield, California thrash metal project. Solano County speed metal keeping the Bay Area thrash tradition alive.

Sacramento death/thrash project. The name referencing pleasure from pain suits the ritual extremity from California's capital.

San Francisco thrash metal solo project. Bay Area speed metal tradition carried forward by a single artist.

Los Angeles thrash act unleashing reckless energy since 2021. Their debut EP Hybrid Dreams delivers exactly what the name promises — unpolished, savage riffing with zero pretension and maximum velocity.