Long Island's Trauma bring a no-nonsense thrash metal attack that reflects the New York area's hardened, street-level approach to the genre, formed in 2018 and working in the tradition of East Coast aggression.

New York's Travesty have been active since 1988 in the progressive and death metal space, carving out a distinctive lane that privileges technicality and compositional ambition over brute force alone.

Brooklyn's Trenchgrinder have been a fixture in the New York underground since 2011, channeling death metal brutality, thrash velocity, and crust punk filth into a sound built for the pit. Their approach is confrontational and unpolished in the best tradition of the borough's extreme metal lineage.

Yonkers, New York death/thrash outfit Trez Muertoz formed in 2025, bringing a fresh entry to the brutal overlap between the two styles with a name that wears its grimy aesthetics on its sleeve. As one of the newer acts in the New York extreme metal underground, they carry the confrontational energy the city's scene demands.

Trial by Fire is a heavy metal band from Mamaroneck, New York, formed in 2019, drawing on traditional metal conventions with a direct, riff-driven approach.

Trigger Pig is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Hudson Falls, New York, formed in 2016, merging Gothenburg-influenced melodies with the heaviness and rhythmic aggression of modern metalcore.

Triple Cripple is a grindcore band from Carmel, New York, formed in 2016, trading in the brutal economy of short, savage tracks built for maximum sonic impact.

Triumvir is a New York epic heavy/power metal band formed in 2020, constructing grand, anthem-driven metal rooted in the classic European power metal and traditional heavy metal traditions.

Trollgrad is a Brooklyn-based folk and black metal band formed in 2023, weaving pagan-influenced melodic elements and folk instrumentation into a foundation of harsh black metal.