Fort Worth's Herniated have been delivering brutal death metal since 2016 with the industrial-grade aggression you'd expect from Texas's hard-working metal underground. Dense, punishing, and unapologetically extreme.

Michigan's Hideous CHUD take the foundational elements of brutal death and grindcore and run them through an experimental blender, producing results that are as unpredictable as they are punishing. The Roseville outfit seem genuinely uninterested in doing what's expected of them.

Delaware's Hog Slammer arrived in 2019 with a singular mission: deliver brutal, slam-oriented death metal with maximum force and minimum mercy. Punishing breakdowns and guttural extremity define their approach.

Nashville's Hornfucked arrived in 2025 as a new brutal death metal force, wasting no time in establishing a reputation for sheer, unadorned extremity. The name announces the intent perfectly.

Mankato, Minnesota's Human Bashing have been delivering brutal death metal with unambiguous intent since 2014. Technically punishing and lyrically unsparing, they lean into the genre's most extreme traditions with earnest conviction.