Ripping Death Metal / Deathcore from Dallas.

Slaadh are a freshly formed progressive deathcore band from Detroit, Michigan, blending the heaviness of brutal death metal with technical arrangements and the cinematic scale that defines modern progressive metal. Active since 2025, they represent a new wave of boundary-crossing extremity emerging from the Midwest.

Slam Pig are a Milwaukee, Wisconsin band formed in 2023, blending slam, brutal death metal, and deathcore into a deliberately lowbrow package of breakdowns, gutturals, and grinding intensity. Their Bandcamp handle flags a Texas connection that points to cross-regional ties in the slam underground.

Slamadeus are a Palmdale, California band formed in 2021, marrying the brutality of slam death metal and deathcore into music that treats heaviness as both punchline and end goal. The name is a sly classical reference that belies a sound built entirely on low frequencies and blunt force.

Slamologist are a Bradenton, Florida deathcore band formed in 2019, applying a scientific dedication to the genre's most brutalizing elements — breakdowns, gutturals, and dissonant riffing delivered with systematic precision. Florida's long history of death metal extremity provides the backdrop for their sound.

Slamwich are a Boston, Massachusetts deathcore band formed in 2014, layering the genre's trademark breakdowns and extreme vocals over arrangements with enough Boston grit to keep things grounded. A decade in, they remain a fixture of the New England extreme underground.

New Jersey's SlaughterHouseFive have been fusing death metal's crushing weight with deathcore's breakdowns and structural savagery since 2007, navigating the intersection of those two scenes long enough to predate deathcore's mainstream rise and fall. The literary nod in the name suggests a band with more going on than brute force alone.

Cincinnati death metal/deathcore outfit formed in 2020, combining the brutality of old-school death metal with the rhythmic breakdown-driven aggression of deathcore. Their sound leans into a heavier, more punishing direction within the Cincinnati underground scene.

Chaparral, New Mexico melodic deathcore and metalcore band formed in 2012, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal guitar work with the breakdowns and dynamics of modern metalcore.