Formed by drummer Richard Christy and featuring a rotating cast of established heavy metal figures, New York's Charred Walls of the Damned fuses melodic power metal with thrash-inflected intensity and a polished, technically accomplished sound. The project channels the high-energy songwriting sensibility that Christy honed during his years behind the kit in Death and Iced Earth.

Long Island's Chemical Warfare channels the raw energy of NWOBHM-influenced speed and thrash metal with an East Coast bite. The band keeps their attack lean and fast, rooted in the early underground tape-trading era.

Rochester progressive/thrash outfit Circular Ruins constructs labyrinthine compositions that balance intricate technicality with driving groove. Named after the Borges story, they favor cerebral complexity over brute force.

Queens, New York groove and thrash metal band Code 6 bring the aggressive, street-hardened edge of New York City metal to tightly wound groove and thrash riffs. They reflect the borough's long history of tough, no-frills heavy music.

Long Island's Coldsteel brought East Coast thrash fury out of East Patchogue in the late 80s and early 90s, a hard-edged outfit from the same suburban metal seedbed that produced several of New York thrash's more underrated acts.

New York's Combust tear through crossover thrash with hardcore's urgency and metal's muscle, keeping the tradition of NYHC brutality alive in a fast, chaotic form. Their sound is tight, aggressive, and built for live destruction.

Brooklyn's Concussion fuse crossover thrash and classic thrash metal into a punk-charged, riff-first attack that reflects New York's long tradition of no-bullshit extreme music.

Long Island's Condemned play straightforward thrash metal with a suburban New York edge, grinding out tight riff patterns and velocity-first compositions from Merrick's underground scene.

Long Island's Constricted mix Southern-influenced heaviness with thrash metal's aggression, crafting a hard-edged sound that blends the grit of the East Coast scene with a hard-swinging grooves.