Pittsburgh's Entheogen laces symphonic grandeur into deathcore and death metal, building an overpowering wall of sound that juxtaposes orchestral sweep with modern extremity. Formed in 2017, they're one of the more ambitious acts in the city's underground.

Santa Cruz's Entheos emerged in 2015 as one of progressive deathcore's more technically accomplished acts, blending jazz-influenced rhythmic complexity with modern extremity and the kind of compositional sophistication that earns them fans in multiple metal camps.

Salt Lake City's Entomb the Wicked has been bridging death metal and deathcore since 2015, bringing Utah's underrated heavy scene to bear on a sound that's both crushing and technically accomplished. Proof that the Mountain West has teeth.

Vienna, Virginia's Entropic Gluttony crash deathcore's structural heaviness into old-school death metal savagery, a potent combination since their 2021 formation in the DC suburbs.

Devastating Deathcore from San Antonio.

Florida's Eroguro Phantasmagore takes its name from the Japanese aesthetic of erotic grotesquerie and translates that sensibility into technical, experimental deathcore and grindcore that is deliberately unsettling in both form and content. Formed in 2024, the project attacks its material with maximal density and a refusal to provide easy footholds.

Raw Electronic Black Metal from Austin.

Columbus, Ohio's Esotera channels melodic death metal's hook-driven aggression into a deathcore framework that keeps the emotional impact front and center. Formed in 2023, the band demonstrates that Columbus continues to produce heavier acts willing to balance brutality with genuine melody.

Modesto's Etched in Stone push progressive deathcore into ambitious territory, layering technical death metal muscle over carefully constructed song architecture. Active since 2009, they have grown into one of Central California's most accomplished heavy acts.