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Modesto, California act founded in 2015 that blends deathcore brutality with groove metal's mid-tempo churn, delivering a heavy sound built on syncopated riffs and punishing low-end.
Dallas folk/melodic death metal band formed in 2014, merging Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with folk elements to craft an adventurous and epic-leaning sound rooted in the Texas metal underground.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania act formed in 2012 that began in gothic rock and metal before shifting toward a heavier combination of gothic, doom, and death metal, balancing atmospheric gloom with crushing low-register weight.
New Haven, Connecticut act formed in 2014 that fuses groove metal's rhythmic momentum with death metal's vocal ferocity and riff weight, producing a heavy and kinetic sound from the Connecticut underground.
Brutal Death Metal out of Texas.
Death metal band from Freeport, Illinois, formed in 2024, channeling classic death metal brutality with a name that evokes the decomposition-themed imagery central to the genre.
Stockton, California act formed in 2011 that blends technical and melodic death metal, combining intricate fretwork with the harmonic sensibilities of the Gothenburg school to produce a sophisticated and aggressive sound.
Heavy metal band from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, formed in 2017, rooted in traditional metal song craft and occupying a region of Pennsylvania with a long history of working-class rock and metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Rome, New York, formed in 2018, fusing thrash metal's picking-hand aggression with death metal's low-end brutality and vocal extremity in the tradition of the genre's hybrid practitioners.
Brutal death metal band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2025, applying the goregrind-adjacent brutal death aesthetic — surgical terminology in name, relentless sonic violence in practice.
Houston, Texas symphonic death metal band formed in 2023, pairing orchestral grandeur with death metal brutality in a style that reflects the ambitious scope of bands like Septicflesh and Fleshgod Apocalypse.
Melodic black/death metal project from Owensville, Indiana, formed in 2017, weaving sweeping melodic leads and tremolo-picked riffs across a framework drawn from both Scandinavian melodic black metal and death metal.
Black/death metal band from Hawthorne, California, formed in 2012, combining the rawness of black metal with the brutality of death metal in the tradition of South Bay extreme metal.
Technical death metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2013, pursuing the intricate, precision-focused end of the genre with complex arrangements and demanding instrumental execution.
Portland, Oregon doom/death metal band formed in 2013, channeling the slow, oppressive weight of death-doom in a Pacific Northwest scene better known for its black metal output.
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