San Francisco's Hatchets for Hands have threaded melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility through a more caustic death metal frame since 2016. There's melodic ambition here balanced against genuine aggression — hooks that cut rather than console.

Hayward, California's Hate plant their flag firmly in thrash metal, formed in 2013 with the Bay Area tradition running conspicuously through their DNA. Tight riff construction and aggressive forward momentum define their approach.

Los Angeles's Hate for Humanity have been waging short, concentrated grindcore attacks since 2020 out of the San Fernando Valley. Blunt, fast, and abrasive — very much a product of LA's dense underground extreme scene.

Oakland's Hatriot began as a ferocious thrash outfit before sharpening their attack into melodic death/thrash territory, carrying the Bay Area's aggression forward with a seasoned lineup and a commitment to controlled brutality.

Los Angeles folk metal act Hauk bring organic instrumentation and a sense of ancient mythology to the Southern California scene, carving out a distinctive niche that owes as much to folk traditions as to metal's power.

Los Angeles crossover outfit Haunted Garage slam thrash metal and hardcore together with the irreverence and raw energy of a band that clearly had as much fun making the music as they expect the crowd to have hearing it.

California's Haunter fuse black metal and punk into an abrasive and energetic hybrid, stripping both styles down to their most confrontational qualities and igniting them in the same short fuse.

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Rancho Cucamonga's Havocxx fuse the melodic leads of Gothenburg death metal with the chug and breakdown vocabulary of metalcore, a hybrid approach that's been their calling card since 2017. The tension between the two styles gives their Inland Empire take on the crossover sound its kinetic edge.