Brutal death metal from Salinas, California, Genethliac have been sharpening their sound since 2014 with the low-end density and surgical aggression the genre demands. Their name refers to astrology of nativities — the stars, apparently, align violently.

Santa Cruz's Genghis arrived at melodic death metal after an early reggae phase — an unusual trajectory that lends their sound a certain openness even within a brutal framework. Since settling into the genre around 2008, they have built a solid catalog on the California coast.

Houston's Genital Grinder have been a fixture of the Texas death metal underground since 2002, a two-decade run that puts them among the genre's more resilient local acts. Brutal by name and by nature.

Crushing Grindcore / Death Metal out of Texas.

Tucson's Genocaust deliver brutal death metal from the Sonoran Desert with a sound as arid and punishing as the landscape since 2012. Low-tuned, heavy, and unrelenting — desert brutality at its most direct.

Out of Orange County, California, this Genocide delivers punishing death metal with the dense, suffocating weight that the genre demands. Active since 2013, they traffic in brutality without apology.

Flint, Michigan — a city with no shortage of hard edges — gave rise to this Genocide, a band that fuses thrash velocity with death metal's pulverizing low end. The combination is as unforgiving as you'd expect from the city's industrial decay.

Washington state's Genocide Pact is a death metal band that hits with the weight of collapsing infrastructure — slow enough to crush, fast enough to disorient. Since 2013, they've built a reputation for relentless, cavern-heavy brutality.

Brand new to the Los Angeles scene as of 2025, Genocidist wastes no time merging death metal's gore-soaked riffs with grindcore's frantic, sub-minute assault. Expect short songs, maximum violence, and zero filler.