New Jersey black metal and crust outfit emerging from Clementon in 2018, fusing the raw aggression of crust punk with the cold savagery of black metal.

Eau Claire's Caveat fuse crust punk's raw, d-beat urgency with sludge metal's tar-thick low end, resulting in a grinding, oppressive sound that moves between crusty blasts and suffocating slow-downs.

Dayton's Cheap Gas smashes black metal, crust punk, and grindcore into a filthy, high-speed collision that prioritizes ferocity and brevity above all else. Their sound is as blunt and unrefined as the industrial Midwestern city they come from.

Portland, Maine band Chäpels combine the aggression of crust punk with the dragging weight of sludge metal, creating rough-edged, anarchic noise that hits hard and moves fast. Their sound is raw and confrontational, indebted to both Discharge and Eyehategod.

Boston's Coagula filter Swedish death metal's d-beat sewer grime through a crust punk framework that nods to Asphyx and Autopsy, producing a filthy, old-school death metal attack. Their EPs Vile Sacrament and Hellish Inferno solidify them as one of the Northeast's best purveyors of Entombed-worship death metal.

Cincinnati, Ohio crust-punk and death metal band Coelacanth have been grinding out ferocious, politically charged metal since the early 1990s, earning a cult following in the American underground. Their sound fuses the rawness of crust with the brutality of early death metal.

Newbury Park, California's Collapse operates in the scrappy Southern California crossover tradition — thrash riffing, crust punk rawness, and hardcore urgency colliding in a sound built for back-alley shows and sweaty basements.

Boston's Combat Delta stitch together crust punk grime, death-doom misery, and grinding heaviness into a filthy, confrontational sound. They occupy the intersection of punk fury and extreme metal despair.

Blackened crust/grind addressing border, religious, and governmental oppression in the El Paso region. Active 2010-2016 on Unholy Anarchy Records.

Newark, Delaware's Conqbine blend raw black metal fury with crust punk abrasion and post-black expansiveness, carving out a bleak and noisy niche in the mid-Atlantic underground.

Los Angeles, California crossover thrash band fusing the speed and aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. Their LA origins place them in a long lineage of West Coast bands that bridged the two worlds.

Oakland death metal and crust punk band fusing the grime of hardcore punk with the brutality of extreme metal. Their Bay Area edge gives their music a raw, street-level ferocity.

Los Angeles black metal and crust punk act fusing the rawness of both scenes into a filthy, anarchic racket that sounds like it was recorded in a squat and played through broken equipment on purpose. The LA underground grime comes through in every note.

Austin's County Hell splice black metal fury with crust punk nihilism and death metal weight, playing music that sounds like it was made outdoors and after dark. They're part of Austin's active extreme underground and bring a raw, combative energy to every release.

Columbus duo fusing abrasive crust punk with primitive black metal into something genuinely ugly and confrontational. Short, caustic bursts of noise that leave no room for comfort.