New York City death metal project bringing grinding extremity to the five boroughs, operating in the shadow of the city's legendary hardcore and extreme metal scenes.

Spokane death metal band bringing crushing heaviness to Eastern Washington's inland metal scene, operating far from the coastal hubs but with no less intensity.

Phoenix death metal act delivering blistering extremity from the Valley of the Sun, adding to Arizona's growing reputation as a hotbed for brutal underground metal.

Allen, Texas death metal project from the DFW suburbs, contributing precise, technical brutality to North Texas's ever-expanding extreme metal community.

Tampa death metal band carrying the torch of Florida's legendary death metal legacy, emerging from the same city that birthed Morbid Angel, Obituary, and Deicide.

Cornwall, New York death metal project named after the fungal lung infection, with five releases since 2025. The medically themed extremity — including the sports-gore hybrid Lesotho VS South Africa Goreball — signals a uniquely bizarre approach to the genre.

Death metal project operating with minimal public information, delivering suffocating extremity from an undisclosed location in the American underground.

San Diego death metal band adding to Southern California's deep pool of extreme music, delivering crushing brutality from America's Finest City.

Trenton, New Jersey death metal project with two albums spanning 2020 to 2025. Ghost and In the Shadows of Your Memory deliver atmospheric death metal that explores themes of memory and haunting from the Garden State's capital.

Queens, New York death metal act whose 2021 EP Space Adaptation Syndrome applies NASA medical terminology to extreme music. Death metal that sounds like it was recorded in zero gravity — disorienting and crushing.

Ruthless Death Metal from Sherman.

Chicago grindcore band tearing through the Windy City's aggressive music scene with unrelenting blasts and grinding fury, contributing to the city's extreme music legacy.

Death metal and grindcore project of undisclosed origin whose 2023 releases — including Breathplay In D Standard — make their thematic fixation aggressively literal. Transgressive grind that pushes every boundary of taste.

Punishing Melodic Thrash / Death Metal from Austin.

Dallas death metal project with four releases since 2023, including the social-commentary tinged DEFEATIZEN. Rapid output from the DFW Metroplex's extreme underground.