Virginia's Harvest the Lost arrived in 2024 with blackened deathcore built from converging extremes — death metal's brutality, black metal's atmosphere, and deathcore's breakdown-driven intensity. A young Warrenton band already operating in fully hostile territory.

Denver's Harvest the Murdered have been delivering unambiguous death metal since 2008, their longevity in Colorado's metal scene a testament to the consistency of their brutality. Their name makes no promises they don't keep in the music.

Colorado Springs's Harvest the People work in the productive intersection of death and groove metal, bringing the latter genre's rhythmic authority to bear on the former's brutality. Formed in 2017, they've been a presence in Colorado's metal underground since.

Denver's Harvested lean into the groove-death metal combination with an ear for the mid-paced heaviness that makes both styles satisfying. Formed in 2022, they're a newer entry in Colorado's consistently strong extreme metal scene.

Madison, Wisconsin's Harvesting the Dead are a freshly formed (2024) death metal band staking their claim in a state with strong genre credentials. Their name signals intent clearly — this is music interested in decomposition, darkness, and nothing gentler.

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Out of New Castle, Indiana, HaShem have been grinding out death metal since 2013 with a tenacious, no-frills ferocity. Small-town Midwest grit infuses their approach — no spectacle, just the relentless mechanics of the genre done right.

Pennsylvania's Hashgrinder emerged from the Poconos in 2015 fusing death metal's grotesque power with grindcore's short-fuse aggression. Their approach is blunt and efficient — songs that hit hard and end before the bruise has time to form.

California's Hat occupy a grimy corner where death metal's brutality meets sludge metal's oppressive drag, and they've been doing so since 2011. There's a caustic, tar-thick quality to their output — ugly in all the right ways.