Dayton, Ohio's Putrid Stu is a goregrind and brutal death metal project that leans hard into the absurdist, splatter-film side of the genre — a one-person or small-band affair that has been churning out crude, blasting extremity since 2018. The Dayton underground has produced some fierce acts, and Putrid Stu fits squarely in that tradition of low-budget, high-intensity noise.

San Diego death metal outfit Putrid Tomb formed in 2020 and plugs directly into Southern California's deep well of old-school death metal worship, favoring thick guitar tones and punishing tempos over any modern sheen. They are part of the steady post-2015 wave of OSDM revivalists that has kept the San Diego underground particularly active.

Ripping Slam / Brutal Death Metal from Livingston.

Crushing Brutal Death Metal from Seguin/San Antonio.

Green Bay, Wisconsin's Putrilence is a very new act formed in 2024 that straddles goregrind and slam/brutal death metal — their Bandcamp handle putrilenceslam makes the priority clear. The band's Metal Archives genre description shows an evolution already in progress, moving from gore-influenced death toward the heavier, more structured brutality of slam.

Baltimore death metal act Putrisect have been active since 2014, and like much of what emerges from that city's underground, they favor a no-nonsense, ugly approach to the genre that values heaviness and atmosphere over technical showmanship. They are part of a strong Baltimore death metal cohort that has remained consistently productive through the 2010s and 2020s.

Denver's Putrisinturnitus formed in 2024, playing a slam-heavy hybrid of brutal death metal and deathcore that reflects the genre's ongoing crossover appeal in the Rocky Mountain scene. Their Bandcamp handle putrisslam makes their aesthetic allegiance plain, and their Denver base puts them in an increasingly active hub for brutal metal.

Baltimore death metal newcomers Putrisite formed in 2024, adding another entry to the city's relentlessly deep extreme metal catalog. Straightforward and direct in their genre allegiances, they fit into the same tradition of grim, no-frills death metal that Baltimore has produced across multiple generations of underground acts.

Alexandria, Virginia's Puzzle Head formed in 2018 and operates in the death metal space with a Bandcamp handle (puzzleheadhxc) that hints at crossover hardcore roots beneath the metal exterior. The Northern Virginia scene shares close ties with the Washington D.C. underground, and Puzzle Head reflects that region's tradition of combining aggression with a DIY, punk-influenced work ethic.

A death metal project out of Olympia, Washington, Pype formed in 2024 and brings a raw, underground edge to the Pacific Northwest scene, channeling straightforward aggression and morbid atmosphere through a distinctly DIY lens.

El Paso's Pyretic tear through a caustic blend of death metal and grindcore, combining ferocious blasting tempos with riff-first brutality that reflects the raw, uncompromising spirit of the Southwest underground since their 2017 formation.

Minneapolis's Pyreworks carve a path through melodic death and thrash metal, bringing Scandinavian melodic precision to a Midwestern thrash backbone, with tightly executed riffs and a forward-driving intensity that defines their sound since 2019.

Long Island's Pyrexia are veterans of the brutal death metal underground dating back to 1993, known for their suffocating low-end density and punishing groove that helped define the New York brutal death sound, with their catalog spanning early extremity to mid-period death-groove experiments.

Brooklyn's Pyrolatrous channel the blackened melodic death metal tradition into a modern, technically precise form, threading scorched atmosphere and lead-driven melody through aggressive riffwork that draws on both Scandinavian melodeath and raw black metal since 2016.

Lexington, Kentucky's Pyromancer deal in the murky crossfire of black and death metal, conjuring sulfurous, cavernous extremity from the heart of the South with a sound that is as filthy in production as it is unrelenting in attack since 2015.