Seattle death metal act bringing plague-themed extremity to the Pacific Northwest, contributing to the Emerald City's diverse heavy music ecosystem.

Denver death metal and deathcore project whose 2013 EP Solipsis explores the philosophical question of whether only one's own mind can be known to exist. Existential heaviness from the Mile High City.

New England death metal act drawing from the region's dark colonial history and harsh winters to fuel cosmic-themed extremity with a distinctly northeastern edge.

Inman, South Carolina black metal project with five releases since 2024. Cosmic Cries Of The Lonely Star and Depression capture both celestial grandeur and earthbound despair from the Carolina Upstate, their prolific output building an interstellar mythology at remarkable speed.

Omaha, Nebraska death metal project whose 2013 releases — FUCK YOUR PLANET and its companion YOUR FUCKED PLANET — deliver nihilistic extremity with a profane sense of humor. Anti-cosmic death metal from the Great Plains.

Arizona/Texas death metal project spanning the Southwest, drawing from both states' scorching landscapes to fuel desert-baked extremity.

Heavy Brutal Death Metal from Fort Worth.

Fort Worth, Texas death metal act with two releases since 2014. Committed and Sharpen play on the asylum theme — first institutionalized, then weaponized — delivering focused death metal from the DFW Metroplex.

Bixby, Oklahoma death metal project with four releases since 2024. Death And Conceptual Terror pairs philosophical anxiety with brutal extremity, building a rapid-fire catalog from suburban Tulsa.

Denver death metal project named after the cardiac flatline condition. Their 2023 debut Siren to Blight channels the sound of biological failure through crushing extremity from the Mile High City.

Cincinnati, Ohio metalcore act whose 2010 split with Daggers creates a recursively violent pairing. Queen City aggression in its most direct form.

Tennessee/Georgia death metal project whose 2014 EP Double Feature delivers twin blasts of Southern extremity. The name leaves no room for negotiation — comply or suffer.

Brick, New Jersey death metal band from the Jersey Shore, delivering brutal extremity far from the boardwalks and beaches the area is typically known for.

Reston, Virginia death metal project whose album titles — Starch Enemy and Omnivore — build an elaborate food-themed mythology through punishing extremity. Culinary death metal from the DC suburbs.

Lebanon, Ohio death metal band from the Cincinnati suburbs, delivering technical extremity informed by Southwest Ohio's productive underground metal community.