New York City power metal and speed metal project. The predatory name promises hunting music from Manhattan.

Akloleh is a black/death metal band from Juneau, Alaska. With three releases in 2023-2024, the band brings extreme metal to one of the most isolated state capitals in America, surrounded by glaciers, rainforest, and the Tongass.

Akrasia is a black metal band from Salem, Massachusetts — a city whose witchcraft history makes it a fitting home for extreme metal. With eleven releases spanning 2011 to 2026, the project has been a prolific and enduring presence in the New England black metal underground.

Colorado Springs death metal project. The name's white-washed death house imagery channels clinical horror from the Pikes Peak region.

Newark, Delaware death metal project. The name's playful energy belies its brutal musical intent from the First State.

Alas, Tyranny is a symphonic black/death metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. With three releases between 2008 and 2015, including the full-length "Monolithic," the band layers orchestral sweep over aggressive blackened death metal from the heart of the South.

La Cienega, New Mexico death metal project. The surgical name channels medical horror from a tiny village in the Land of Enchantment.

Port Saint Lucie, Florida death metal and groove project named after one of America's most notorious serial killers. True crime horror from the Treasure Coast.

California death metal project exploring the transformation of base matter into gold — or base riffs into brutal extremity.