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Richmond, Virginia death metal outfit with three releases since 2016. From raw demo origins to the full-length Sacrilege, they've refined their approach to punishing extremity while remaining rooted in Richmond's thriving heavy underground.
Long Island thrash metal act whose 2024 EP Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State delivers verbose, ambitious thrash from the New York suburbs. The lengthy title promises complexity, and the music follows through.
Grants Pass, Oregon death metal project whose 2019 self-titled EP delivers extremity from southern Oregon's Rogue Valley. Named after wingless insects, their music stays grounded in earthbound heaviness.
Lockport death metal project from the Illinois underground.
Milwaukee death metal project. The three-letter name — evoking altars, constellations, and simplicity — frames their contribution to Wisconsin's heavy underground with elegant brevity.
Newark, Ohio death metal project with five releases since 2012. Albums like Human Consciousness Experiment and Acts to Continue in Breathless Sleep explore the boundaries of consciousness through punishing extremity from small-town central Ohio.
Athens, Ohio death/thrash metal project from the home of Ohio University. The arachnid name and college-town setting pair scientific taxonomy with Appalachian Ohio's blue-collar metal tradition.
Beach Park, Illinois death metal project with eight releases since 2009, including the charmingly titled A Very Arbiter Christmas. Their catalog spans over a decade of extremity with occasional moments of genre-bending humor from suburban Chicago.
Joshua Tree death metal project from the California underground.
Lafayette, Louisiana death metal project whose French name — 'dead tree' — and 2019 EP Insufferable Humanity channel Cajun Country desolation into grinding extremity. Bayou death metal with a Francophone identity.
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San Jose, California death metal act whose 2017 debut The Dark Curse channels occult menace through punishing extremity. Bay Area death metal with a supernatural edge.
Rocky Mount power metal project from the North Carolina underground.
Chicago heavy metal act — distinct from the Swedish melodeath legends — with six releases since 2002. Their catalog spans over two decades, including the 2025 release Blood Dynasty, building a substantial body of NWOTHM from the Windy City.
Kalamazoo doom metal project from the Michigan underground.
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