San Diego, California brutal death metal and slam act formed in 2003, known for guttural vocals, down-tuned chugging riffs, and the punishing rhythmic intensity central to the slam subgenre; frequent comparisons to Devourment and Disgorge.

Death metal band from Grand Rapids, Ohio, delivering raw and direct death metal in the American underground tradition.

Riverside, New Jersey band working in death-doom, combining the crushing weight of doom metal with the brutality of death metal for a slow, dense, and suffocating sound.

Lakeland, Florida death metal band playing in the tradition of the Sunshine State's storied brutal death metal underground.

Los Angeles, California band blending melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the riff aggression of thrash, resulting in a melodically charged and technically driven sound.

Cleveland, Ohio act spanning black metal, death metal, and thrash, drawing on all three traditions to create a raw and aggressive hybrid sound.

Brutal death metal band from McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, delivering the genre's characteristic combination of blast beats, guttural vocals, and heavily downtuned riffing.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania brutal death metal act delivering the grinding heaviness, blasting percussion, and guttural extremity that define the American brutal death underground.

Toledo, Ohio band spanning death metal, deathcore, and progressive metal, combining the breakdown intensity of deathcore with the technical ambition and shifting structures of progressive death.

Groove death/thrash from San Marcos. Has opened for Anthrax, The Black Dahlia Murder, Devildriver, Cattle Decapitation, and Suffocation.

Death metal band from Cadiz, Kentucky, playing straightforward brutal death metal in the American underground tradition.

Massachusetts brutal death metal act delivering the genre's hallmark density, with crushing riffs, blasting drumming, and guttural vocal extremity.

San Francisco, California three-piece brutal death metal and slam band formed in 2007, evolving from a noise project into a full-force practitioner of slam's rhythmically punishing style, with their 2011 album Orgasmica showcasing their established sound.

Houston, Texas death-doom band blending the slow, grinding heaviness of doom metal with death metal's brutality, creating a dense and oppressive sound rooted in the Texas extreme metal scene.

Brutal death metal band from Odessa, Texas, playing the genre's characteristic blend of extreme speed, guttural vocals, and punishing technical riffing.