Los Angeles heavy and power metal outfit Throttle formed in 2019 with a focus on soaring melodic vocals and driving, hook-laden riffs that sit between the traditional heavy metal template and the more bombastic end of the power metal spectrum. They bring a sun-drenched, Sunset Strip-adjacent energy to a style that often gravitates toward European grandiosity.

Los Angeles-based Through the Clouds formed in 2019 at the intersection of melodic hard rock and power metal, favoring anthemic songwriting, clean vocals, and technically accomplished guitar work with strong melodic hooks. They bring a polished, uplifting approach to power metal that sits comfortably alongside the genre's European masters while maintaining an American West Coast sensibility.

An Apple Valley, California act formed in 2021, Through the Oculus carves out a niche in melodic death and groove metal, blending hook-driven riff structures with the brutality of death metal's lower register.

Hailing from the high-altitude isolation of Mammoth Lakes, California, Through These Gates have been forging black/death metal since 2012, combining the cold tremolo aggression of black metal with the gutting brutality of death.

Orange County's Throwdown began in 1999 as a force in metalcore and hardcore before evolving into a groove-heavy machine influenced by Pantera-style crunch, earning a loyal following across both worlds over two decades of punishing live performances.

Los Angeles metalcore outfit Thrown into Exile have been building a reputation in the sprawling Southern California scene since 2016, delivering punishing breakdowns and melodic urgency that pull from both hardcore and modern metal.

San Francisco death metal outfit Thud Bukit formed in 2020 and have been contributing to the Bay Area's long-running tradition of brutal, technically literate death metal — a scene defined by decades of uncompromising extremity.

San Diego's Thunder Demon have been operating at the thrash-black crossroads since 2014, injecting black metal's cold malice into a thrash framework that keeps the energy volatile and the attack relentless.

A San Jose, California heavy metal outfit active since 2018, ThunderHorse channels a classic, no-frills approach to the genre — big riffs, driving rhythm, and a blue-collar intensity that keeps them anchored in the Bay Area underground. They trade in the kind of straight-ahead metal that owes more to the genre's foundational decades than to modern trends.