Endicott, New York brutal death metal outfit Course of Extinction deal in relentless blast-beat-driven carnage with no interest in melody or restraint. Their music exists to overwhelm, built for devotees of the most uncompromising end of the death metal spectrum.

Covidectomy are a US brutal death/slam deathcore project whose name announces exactly how seriously they take genre conventions. Their music wallows in the most extreme end of slam and brutal death metal, built entirely for fans of maximum grotesque density.

New Jersey slam death metal outfit delivering the bone-crushing breakdowns and guttural extremity the subgenre demands. Dense, low, and relentlessly heavy, their material is built for listeners with a taste for brutality.

California brutal death metal and grindcore act producing grotesque, high-speed extremity with serious underground credentials. Unrelenting in tempo and unsparing in subject matter.

Chattanooga brutal death metal outfit delivering the dense, gore-soaked extremity the genre has long trafficked in. Their sound is straightforward in the best sense — heavy, fast, and uncompromising.

Texas slam death metal project wallowing in the subgenre's most extreme end — bowel-deep gutturals, grinding rhythms, and pure sonic grotesquerie. Strictly underground, strictly brutal.

Lancaster, New Mexico brutal death metal band operating out of one of the Southwest's more unlikely metal outposts. Their material delivers the gore and density the genre calls for with genuine commitment.

Kentucky brutal death metal band from Lawrenceburg built on relentless low-tuned punishment and guttural extremity. Their approach is unapologetically brutal, focused entirely on sonic annihilation.

Minnesota's Cremated blast through brutal death metal and grindcore with relentless speed and gory low-end punishment. The Lakeville act grinds bones to powder with blastbeats and cavernous downtuned savagery.