DuBois, Pennsylvania extreme metal project with deep roots stretching back to 1997. Five releases spanning two decades — from the nature-themed Natura to the healing-themed Panacea — trace a remarkable evolution from small-town Pennsylvania grindcore to more refined extremity.

Atlanta death metal band adding to Georgia's capital city's rapidly expanding extreme metal community with grinding intensity and technical precision.

Long Island/Richmond death metal project whose Demo and single Butchering Cosmic Giants announce a cosmic horror-inflected approach to the genre. The sci-fi name signals music that operates at the intersection of technology and organic terror.

Bellville, Ohio death metal project with two releases since 2009. Inhuman and The All Seeing Eye deliver conspiratorial, war-themed death metal from rural north-central Ohio.

Cleveland death metal act unleashing brutal savagery from the shores of Lake Erie, continuing Northeast Ohio's seemingly endless pipeline of quality extreme metal.

Riverside, California death metal project named after the Dark Souls character, bringing video game-inspired darkness to the Inland Empire's underground with crushing heaviness.

Los Angeles death metal band that emerged from the early 2000s deathcore wave, contributing to SoCal's explosive extreme metal scene with technically proficient brutality.

Dayton, Ohio death metal project whose name captures the existential horror of office work. Their 2020 releases Passionless and Vacuous Gulf channel cubicle-drone despair into genuine death metal heaviness — white-collar rage set to blast beats.

San Diego metalcore titans and one of the genre's most influential American acts. Seven releases spanning their Bandcamp catalog — including landmark albums Awakened and Shaped by Fire — showcase the precise dual-guitar harmonies and relentless energy that helped define modern metalcore from Southern California.