Shriek! for Death fuse death metal's guttural brutality with thrash's riff-driven velocity, the US-based act formed in 2016 building on the classic crossover between these genres that has generated some of extreme metal's most ferocious material.

Spokane, Washington's Shrieks of the Impaled have navigated blackened death metal since 2012, combining the atmospheric menace of black metal with death metal's raw brutality in material that reflects the Pacific Northwest's fertile underground extreme scene.

Highland Charter Township, Michigan's Shrine of Broken Glass, formed in 2021, blend melodic black metal sweep with deathcore's crushing low-end architecture, constructing a layered and aggressive hybrid that pushes both genres toward their outer edges.

Chicago's Shrine of Flesh merge deathcore and death metal into a dense, pit-ready assault, the band's Illinois roots feeding into a sound that reflects Chicago's long history of producing technically demanding and physically punishing extreme music since 2015.

Palm Springs, California's Shrine of Resurrection, formed in 2021, pursue progressive death metal filtered through metalcore's structural sensibility — ambitious compositions that balance technical complexity with the direct aggression of the modern heavy underground.

Springfield, Missouri's Shrine of Skulls arrived in 2024 delivering straightforward death metal with an old-school attitude — the band favors riff-driven brutality and a no-frills approach that recalls the genre's early-90s underground origins.

Portland, Oregon's Shrine of the Serpent have been crafting funeral-paced doom/death metal since 2015, their suffocating sound built on glacial tempos, cavernous production, and an atmosphere of irreversible dread that defines the Pacific Northwest's heaviest underground currents.

Atmospheric doom/death metal band from Sandown, New Hampshire, active since 2004 and rooted in slow, grief-laden compositions that fuse the melodic melancholy of doom with death metal's darker harmonic palette. One of the longer-running acts in the regional underground.

Portland, Oregon death metal band formed in 2012, known for dense, suffocating compositions with a cavernous production style and a penchant for slow, deliberate heaviness as much as outright brutality. They occupy the dissonant, occult-leaning corner of the Pacific Northwest death metal underground.