Carlsbad, CA melodic death metal act Climhazzard combine Scandinavian melodic influences with the sun-drenched aggression of the Southern California metal underground. Their sound balances melodic guitar work with forceful death metal rhythmic attack.

Aurora, IL death/thrash act Clocktower bring a hard-hitting, no-nonsense approach to classic extreme metal, rooted in the long tradition of Chicago-area underground metal. Their music is tight, aggressive, and built around the kind of riff-forward songwriting that defined American thrash and death in their early years.

Atlanta's Clot emerged from the pandemic-era underground in 2022, channeling frustration into a grinding blend of grindcore, death metal, and powerviolence. Their debut LP Grief Tethers on Terminus Hate City Records establishes them as one of the city's most vicious new acts.

Hailing from the small western Massachusetts city of North Adams, Clot operate in the crosshairs of death metal and hardcore. Their stripped-down aggression fits naturally into the tradition of brutal New England underground bands.

A brutal death metal act from New Jersey, Clotting traffic in the genre's most punishing and low-end-heavy forms. Their work sits firmly in the Garden State's tradition of underground extremity.

An anonymous US death metal duo, Cloud of Flies release their material through Centipede Abyss and embrace a cavernous, disorienting aesthetic. Their releases traffic in murky, unsettling death metal that prioritizes atmosphere and density over accessibility.

A solo metal project out of Walnut Creek, California, Cloudbeast combines death metal's brutality with progressive and doom-influenced textures. Their demos suggest a project constantly in motion, willing to pull from thrash and darkness equally.

A Flint, Michigan act working across melodic death metal, thrash, and straight death metal, Clovis bring a midwest blue-collar grit to their extreme metal sound. Their approach draws on the long lineage of Michigan's underground metal heritage.

A one-man gangsta slam project from Ohio, Clown Vomit channel the most cartoonishly brutal end of slam death metal with unapologetic absurdity. Their 2025 album Section 8 Slamz: Seezun 1 leans all the way into slamming low tunings and gutter-level aesthetics.