Boise deathcore act with five releases documenting their evolution since 2014. Their sound channels the technical brutality and breakdown-heavy approach of modern deathcore through a Mountain West perspective.

Denver deathcore newcomers who debuted in 2025 with Making Sense Of Our Decay. The EP delivers the crushing breakdowns and guttural punishment the genre demands, arriving from a Colorado scene increasingly fertile for extreme music.

Jamestown, New York deathcore and melodeath project. Piercing beauty from the southern tier of Western New York.

Springfield deathcore project from the Massachusetts underground.

Colorado death metal project.

Long Island deathcore outfit with a massive nine-release catalog since 2013. Their full-length Absolute Hope Absolute Hell and steady stream of singles demonstrate relentless productivity from a band deeply embedded in New York's breakdown-heavy extreme scene.

Technical Progressive Metal / Deathcore from Houston, Texas (early); Louisville, Kentucky (later).

Portland deathcore outfit whose 2020 debut Beyond the Watchtowers delivers crushing breakdowns and apocalyptic atmosphere from the Pacific Northwest. The album paints visions of civilizational collapse through the lens of modern extreme metal.

Denver death metal project from the Colorado underground.

West Palm Beach death metal and deathcore hybrid with progressive ambitions. Their 2012 full-length The Seven Sounds weaves technical complexity through crushing heaviness, emerging from South Florida's deep well of extreme talent.

Chicago and Oklahoma City doom metal collaboration channeling existential dread since 2021. Their full-length How to Look Forward to the Apocalypse pairs a darkly humorous title with genuinely crushing doom, while Life In Jars suggests a more intimate, claustrophobic heaviness.

Queens deathcore project with a massive nine-release output since 2019. Albums like Cool Is Watching You and How Will All This End? suggest existential anxiety beneath the breakdowns, an unusually introspective approach for the genre emerging from New York City's outer boroughs.

Nashville deathcore project from the Tennessee underground.

Kalispell deathcore project from the Montana underground.

Danville, California deathcore and grindcore pioneers with roots stretching back to 1998. Six releases across a decade make them one of the earliest American deathcore acts, predating the genre's mainstream breakthrough from the East Bay suburbs.