US death metal band mining the darkest corners of the genre with themes drawn from horror and occultism, operating in the American underground tradition.

Akron, Ohio metalcore/thrash hybrid combining the breakdown-driven aggression of metalcore with the driving riff velocity of thrash.

Catalyst blends the brutal low-end crush of death metal with the aggressive forward momentum of thrash, producing a volatile, riff-dense sound well-suited to Virginia Beach's hard-hitting underground. Dual influences keep the music in a relentless mid-to-high tempo range.

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Catastrophic from Akron deals in death-thrash with a gritty, Midwestern bluntness — riff-forward arrangements, low-slung grooves, and a production aesthetic that values heaviness over clarity. Their sound sits in the tradition of late-80s crossover brutality.

Catastrophic from Nashville, NY operates in the realm of straightforward, punishing death metal with an underground ethos and no-frills approach. Their sound is rooted in early 90s death metal conventions — down-tuned guitars, guttural vocals, and blunt force production.

Catatonic Profanation delivers brutal death metal with dense, churning riff patterns, guttural vocals, and blastbeat-driven drumming rooted in the genre's most abrasive underground traditions. The Kentucky project shows influence from slam and technical brutal death metal alongside pure brutality.

Catchfire from Birmingham merges the hyper-speed brutality of grindcore with death metal's down-tuned heaviness, producing short, violent songs that burn out in blasts of noise and aggression. Alabama's underground history of extreme music informs their no-frills extremity.

Catervatim is a death metal project from Laramie, Wyoming, originally formed as a full band from 2004 to 2006 and revived in 2017 as a solo project by original member Travis Kolbo. Releases include the split "Chaos and Cataclysm" and the album "Serpent Shepard."

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Huntington Beach extreme metal collective fusing black metal, death metal, grindcore, and sludge into a chaotic, genre-defying hybrid that resists easy categorization.

Visalia, California melodic death metal band blending metalcore song structures with the melodic riffing and aggressive vocal delivery of the Scandinavian melodic death metal tradition.

Corvallis, Oregon funeral doom sextet merging the glacial tempos of funeral doom with black metal's atmospheric coldness and a narrative arc around cycles of death and acceptance.

Denver death metal/grindcore veterans since 1997, inventors of the 'Southwest Doom Violence' sound fusing grindcore blasting with sludge-infused doom passages and crust punk abrasion.