Spokane's Pit Monster has been bludgeoning the Pacific Northwest since 2019 with brutal death metal of the most straightforward and devastating variety — no atmosphere, just obliteration.

Pittsburgh's Plague Witch arrived in 2020 with a melodic black/death metal sound that balances scorching ferocity with sharp, memorable songcraft — dark and relentless without sacrificing hooks.

Texas death metal project Plague Zombie emerged in 2025 with rotting riffs and an old-school approach to undead brutality, joining the Lone Star State's long tradition of foul, uncompromising extremity.

Gnostic-themed duo of Ryan Wilson (The Howling Void, Intestinal Disgorge) and drummer Shane Elwell. Released on Nuclear War Now! and Everlasting Spew Records.

Flagstaff, Arizona's Poisoned Womb arrived in 2025 with the full weight of brutal death metal behind them — guttural vocals, pulverizing low-end, and the kind of technical savagery that high-altitude isolation seems to breed. Fresh but uncompromising, they represent the latest entry in Arizona's quietly growing extreme metal underground.

Jacksonville, Florida's Political Suicide has been blending death metal brutality with grindcore's political fury since 2013, operating in the tradition of bands that believe extreme music should carry a message alongside the blast beats. Their death-grind attack is blunt but purposeful, built for impact both sonic and ideological.

New York's Polonium — named for the radioactive element — has been delivering death metal with heavy, toxic purpose since 2016, bringing a no-nonsense approach to the genre that favors density over flash. Their Bandcamp handle, poloniumnyc, plants them firmly in the city's underground, where brutal execution has always mattered more than scene politics.

Orlando's Pontifex conjures symphonic death-black metal with the ceremonial gravity their name demands — the marriage of orchestral sweep, death metal ferocity, and black metal atmosphere creates something that feels genuinely liturgical. Active since 2023, they're part of Florida's long tradition of extreme metal that aims for grandeur without sacrificing savagery.

Kansas City's Portrait of God arrived in 2024 swinging the full arsenal of goregrind, slam, and brutal death metal — grotesque, low-tuned, and utterly uninterested in anything that isn't maximally crushing. The name's irreverent blasphemy sets the tone: this is a project that delights in provocation and delivers the heaviness to back it up.