Emerging from Indian Land, South Carolina in 2025, Keinyoriik traffic in the ferocious overlap of black and death metal — a new band already mining the genre's most extreme and uncompromising corridors.

Louisville, Kentucky's Kentucky Chainsaw do exactly what their name implies — grinding, gore-soaked death metal with zero ornamentation and maximum brutality, formed in 2024 and already swinging hard.

San Francisco's Kerasphorus are steeped in the most blasphemous traditions of black/death metal, channeling a chaotic, bestial energy since 2016 that puts them squarely in the lineage of war metal extremity.

Oxnard, California's Kermz specialize in the most physically punishing end of the death metal spectrum — slam-heavy and brutal, with song structures built to maximize impact and bodily devastation since 2014.

Oregon black/death metal outfit Kesselschlacht arrived in 2024 with a militaristic edge baked into their very name — their music carries the same sense of brutal, overwhelming force.

New York's Kevorkian have been at the intersection of death and groove metal since 2013, fusing the genre's extremity with the mid-paced, headbanging punch that groove metal demands.

Also hailing from New York, Kevorkianesque take the brutal death metal template and push it to its logical extremes — relentless, pulverizing, and technically accomplished in the service of maximum punishment since 2016.

Houston's Khepera weave progressive ambition through death and thrash metal, drawing on the technical flair of their city's storied extreme metal scene. Their sound rewards patience — dense arrangements that reveal new details on repeated listens.

Khrophus is a death metal band from São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil, with roots stretching back to 1993. The current lineup features Leonardo Chagas (vocals, bass), Adriano Ribeiro (guitar), and Carlos Fernandes (drums), and the band has built a steady discography including Presages (2009) and Eyes of Madness (2013), the latter a ten-track album showcasing their straightforward, groove-driven approach to old-school death metal.