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Roswell, New Mexico death metal and grindcore project from the actual UFO crash site. Extraterrestrial blasphemy from America's alien capital.
Hot Springs, Arkansas death metal project. The name reads like a classified military program from the Ouachita Mountain region.
Chicago death metal project named after a star in the Big Dipper. Stellar extremity from the Windy City.
Brooklyn doom metal project named after the alchemical universal solvent. Music that dissolves everything it touches.
Atlanta death metal project. The grotesque name channels American carnival horror through Southern extremity.
Lubbock, Texas metalcore project. Collapse from the dusty flatlands of West Texas.
Asheville, North Carolina black/thrash/punk band ripping through the Blue Ridge Mountains since 2014. Four releases deep, they channel Venom and Midnight into a Southern-fried blackened speed attack with a punk rock backbone.
Troy, Illinois death metal project. The name's apocalyptic certainty promises universal collapse from the Metro East.
High Ridge, Missouri death/thrash metal project. Symbolic narrative rendered in extremity from suburban St. Louis.
Stuart, Florida groove metal project. The metallurgical name — a blend of metals — fits the hybrid nature of their rhythmically driven sound from the Treasure Coast.
Portland/Atlanta death metal, deathcore, and djent project. The geological name — sediment deposited by flowing water — suits their layered, technically demanding approach.
Colorado Springs sludge/death metal project with a rapid-fire 2025-2026 output including covers compilations and originals. A prolific one-person operation grinding out heaviness at altitude.
Houston black/death metal project with a substantial seven-release catalog since 2018. Named for the German word for nightmare, the project delivers relentless extremity rooted in the Texas death metal tradition.
Nashville black/death metal project operating in the shadows of Music City's metal underground. A minimal-footprint act adding extreme metal darkness to a city better known for country and rock.
Orlando death metal project whose 2019 debut Torrent delivers a focused burst of Floridian death metal. Drawing from the state's legendary death metal heritage while carving a modern identity.
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