TurretHead is a deathcore band from Lincolnton, Georgia, formed in 2013, combining the breakdowns and low-tuned brutality of deathcore with death metal's technical and aggressive core.

Typhus is a Las Vegas, Nevada deathcore and death metal band formed in 2005, combining the down-tuned heaviness of death metal with the breakdown-driven aggression of deathcore.

Tyrannophobia is a deathcore and death metal band from Port St. Lucie, Florida, formed in 2014, combining crushing breakdowns and guttural extremity within the modern heavy metal underground of the Sunshine State.

San Antonio deathcore/metalcore with Texas swagger. Unapologetically heavy with Latin influences.

Out of Westfield, Indiana, Vires blends deathcore's structural aggression with death metal's technical vocabulary, forming a sound that leans into the punishing side of the hybrid. Founded in 2022, they represent the newer generation of Midwest extreme metal acts bringing a modernized heaviness to a scene with deep underground roots.

Union City's Viscerally Scarred have been refining their death-deathcore hybrid in the Bay Area underground since 2013, long enough to outlast trends and develop a sound that owes something to both brutal death metal and the structural architecture of deathcore. Their longevity in a competitive California scene speaks to a real command of what makes extreme metal physically compelling.

Saginaw, Michigan's Void Collapse have been at it since 2014, blending death metal's brutality with deathcore's structural instincts — breakdowns deployed with intention, technicality used as a weapon rather than a showcase. The Midwest rust belt doesn't produce soft music, and Void Collapse fit naturally into a regional tradition of industrial-strength heavy sounds. A decade of existence gives them a depth of catalog worth digging into.

Formed in Seattle in 2020, Void Dancer pull from melodic death metal, deathcore, and straight death metal, weaving melody into otherwise crushing structures in a way that feels earned rather than conciliatory. The Seattle metal underground has always valued craft alongside aggression, and Void Dancer reflect that sensibility — technically capable, emotionally direct, and not afraid of a hook buried inside a breakdown. They're a product of the pandemic-era underground that emerged with a clear artistic identity.

New Orleans' Wasted Creation formed in 2020 at the punishing convergence of technical death metal and deathcore, drawing on a city whose musical DNA runs unusually deep even for extreme metal. The technical sophistication of their death metal side coexists with the sheer brutality of deathcore in a way that feels native to a city that has always blended traditions without hesitation. They arrived ready to inflict serious damage.