Metrix

Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Metrix have been delivering straightforward, hook-driven thrash metal since 2017, operating in a part of the country whose metal underground often flies beneath the radar of coastal tastemakers. Their approach is unpretentious and direct — riffs locked in, tempos elevated, the emphasis firmly on songs that move. They are a testament to the fact that the thrash tradition is alive and well in small cities far from the scenes that birthed the genre.