Indianapolis black/death/doom metal band formed in 2020, navigating the suffocating overlap of three of extreme metal's darkest subgenres.

A short-lived Philadelphia death/doom project, Call of Pripyat channeled sorrow, bleakness, and apocalyptic dread into crushing compositions before splitting up in 2022.

Gulfport, Mississippi death-doom band conjuring Lovecraftian dread through slow, crushing riffs and deep, cavernous atmosphere drawn from occultist themes and ritualistic horror.

Denver's Cavernous combine death and doom into slow, churning dirges built around crushing downtuned riffs, drawing on the death-doom lineage running from diSEMBOWELMENT through Evoken.

Cemetery Frost is a death-doom band from New Orleans, Louisiana, fusing the glacial tempos and crushing weight of doom metal with the guttural density of old-school death metal, producing a slow-motion devastation amplified by the swampy heaviness of the New Orleans underground.

Riverside, New Jersey band working in death-doom, combining the crushing weight of doom metal with the brutality of death metal for a slow, dense, and suffocating sound.

Houston, Texas death-doom band blending the slow, grinding heaviness of doom metal with death metal's brutality, creating a dense and oppressive sound rooted in the Texas extreme metal scene.

Phoenix, Arizona death-doom band merging the slow funeral weight of doom metal with the harsh vocal and riff aesthetics of death metal for a brooding and cavernous sound.

Pennsylvania's Chasms dwell in the overlap of death doom and classic doom metal, conjuring slow, grief-stricken heaviness that unfolds with deliberate, funereal patience. Their compositions carry the weight of the genre's most suffocating traditions.

Scranton death-doom act Choking on Offal dwell in the most suffocating end of the spectrum, fusing cavernous death metal brutality with the slow crush of doom. Expect nothing merciful.

Chicago death/doom veterans Cianide have been crushing spines since the early 1990s, delivering some of the heaviest and most uncompromising music in the American underground. Their sound — slow, filthy, and utterly determined — has influenced a generation of death metal bands.

Los Angeles death doom act Civerous conjure suffocating, subterranean darkness at the intersection of black, death, and doom metal, building cavernous soundscapes of genuine dread. Their Maze of Sorrow EP and Decrepit Flesh Relic debut mark them as one of the more compelling voices in contemporary underground death.

Hailing from Kalispell, Montana — one of the more isolated metal scenes in the country — Collapsed Vein pursues the slow, suffocating convergence of death doom, where glacial tempos and crushing low-end define every movement.

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.

Los Angeles's Conqueror Worm wade through death doom and crushing sludge, layering suffocating low-end heaviness with the kind of desolate atmosphere that weighs down on the listener like a collapsing structure.