Charleston's Emaciated Remains crash goregrind sensibilities into brutal death metal, producing something visceral and relentless. Formed in 2025, the band wastes no time establishing a suffocating wall of noise.

Madison's Embalm traffic in the kind of murky, cadaver-cold death metal that feels like it was excavated rather than recorded. Since 2018 they've kept the Wisconsin underground well-supplied with putrid, methodical riffs.

Crushing Death Metal / Grindcore from Dallas.

Dallas's Embalmed blend the bruising swing of death metal with grindcore's frenetic tempo lurches, a combination they've been perfecting since 1991. A genuine pillar of the Texas extreme underground, the band plays like it has nothing left to lose.

Buffalo's Embalmed have spent over three decades threading thrash's rhythmic aggression through death metal's suffocating low end. Formed in 1991, they remain one of upstate New York's most enduring extreme metal acts.

Baltimore's Embalmed channel the city's hard-bitten attitude into brutal death metal that hits with the force of a sledgehammer. Their 1991 origins make them contemporaries of the genre's founding wave, and their approach has only grown more punishing since.

Cleveland's Embalmer carry on with the straightforward death metal tradition that has always suited Ohio's no-frills underground. Since 2016, they've delivered unadorned, morgue-scented brutality without pretense.

Oakland's Embers fuse black metal's icy atmosphere with doom's crushing weight and crust punk's streetwise grit, building something uniquely Bay Area in its bleakness. Active since 2009, they've carved out a space where political urgency and sonic desolation intersect.

Sacramento's Emberthrone fuse deathcore's breakdown architecture with death metal's compositional aggression, keeping both sides of the equation bone-heavy. Formed in 2022, they represent the current California wave pushing the genre's technical and sonic boundaries.