Death metal band from Cadiz, Kentucky, playing straightforward brutal death metal in the American underground tradition.

Massachusetts brutal death metal act delivering the genre's hallmark density, with crushing riffs, blasting drumming, and guttural vocal extremity.

San Francisco, California three-piece brutal death metal and slam band formed in 2007, evolving from a noise project into a full-force practitioner of slam's rhythmically punishing style, with their 2011 album Orgasmica showcasing their established 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.

Brutal death metal band from Odessa, Texas, playing the genre's characteristic blend of extreme speed, guttural vocals, and punishing technical riffing.

Cleveland, Ohio death metal band working in the American death metal underground with a straightforward and aggressive approach to the genre.

Providence, Rhode Island band operating at the intersection of death metal, grindcore, and metalcore, combining aggressive blasting extremity with metalcore's rhythmic drive.

Seattle, Washington death metal band formed in 2016, specializing in fetid, old-school death metal drenched in a sense of rot and decomposition; their 2019 debut Odious Descent into Decay on 20 Buck Spin earned widespread praise in the underground.

Katy, Texas brutal death metal act playing in the tradition of the Texas brutal death scene, with influences rooted in the sound of bands like Devourment.

Chesapeake, Virginia band working across death metal, deathcore, and technical death metal, combining the surgical precision of tech-death with the breakdown intensity of deathcore.

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.

Black metal act from Battle Ground, Washington, founded in 1996 by brothers Jake and Nick Superchi, blending symphonic orchestration and dark ambient textures into their "American Deathphonic Black Metal" style; their concept album Salem 1692 and releases on labels like Moribund Records brought them recognition in the American black metal underground.

Los Angeles, California death metal band playing in the tradition of the West Coast death metal underground with a dark and aggressive approach.

Black metal band from Beckley, West Virginia, delivering raw and ritualistic black metal steeped in the genre's characteristic coldness and aggression.

Cereviscera is a Chicago, Illinois band fusing technical death metal with progressive and thrash influences, constructing intricate, shifting compositions that reward close listening. Their songwriting balances cerebral complexity with raw metallic force.