Rhode Island black/death act Enucleator traffic in dissonant darkness and war-metal ferocity, a brutal presence in the small but uncompromising New England underground since 2023.

Salt Lake City technical death metal outfit Envenom deliver dense, surgical riffing and labyrinthine song structures, showcasing Utah's underrated extreme metal underground since 2017.

Crushing Melodic Death Metal / Metalcore from Houston.

Willow Springs, Illinois death metal outfit Envy the Dead cut their path through the Chicago suburban underground with unadorned brutality and straight-for-the-throat riff delivery since 2020.

Idaho's Eon of Anguish conjure black/death metal in the isolated Pacific Northwest interior, harnessing the region's remote vastness into music of cold and relentless darkness since 2021.

Knoxville's Eonian pair sweeping symphonic orchestration with melodic death metal's twin-guitar ferocity, crafting cinematic extremity from the Appalachian foothills since 2021.

Southern Florida death metal act Ephemeral traffic in suffocating brutality with the sweltering intensity the Sunshine State's underground is known for, active since 2019.

Theatrical symphonic extreme metal conceived by frontman Dennis Dorsett. Featured in the documentaries 'Heavy in Houston' and 'Heavier in Houston.' Have shared stages with Nile, Deicide, and Carach Angren.

Charlotte's Epic of Empyrea has been navigating the intersection of technical death and black metal since 1998, building a catalog rooted in precision and malevolence. Few bands in the Carolinas have pursued extremity with such sustained commitment over nearly three decades.