A Sense of Gravity is a progressive metal and djent band from Seattle, Washington. Across two full-lengths — 2014's "Travail" and 2016's "Atrament" — the band crafts dense, polyrhythmic compositions that balance technical complexity with dynamic songwriting.

Aethere is a technical deathcore and djent project from Soledad, California. Known for evolving from djent-influenced tech-deathcore toward a more melodic approach, the project represents the genre-blurring experimentation happening in California's heavy music underground.

Minneapolis/Saint Paul djent and deathcore pioneers. One of the most influential bands in modern progressive extreme metal, helping define the djent movement from the Twin Cities.

New York City djent and progressive metal project. Forward-thinking heaviness from the world's cultural capital.

Portland/Atlanta death metal, deathcore, and djent project. The geological name — sediment deposited by flowing water — suits their layered, technically demanding approach.

San Francisco death metal project from the California underground.

Dallas djent/progressive metal act delivering polyrhythmic precision and modern technical flourishes from the heart of North Texas's thriving heavy music community.

Baltimore, Maryland band fusing death metal heaviness with progressive metal structures and djent-influenced rhythmic complexity, resulting in a technically ambitious and atmospheric sound.

Utah progressive metal and djent act Chronicles builds its sound on polyrhythmic precision and tightly constructed modern metal arrangements. Their music belongs to the technically demanding, groove-anchored side of progressive metal.

Green Bay, Wisconsin outfit working in the djent-adjacent groove metal space, built on polyrhythmic riffing and rhythmic precision. Their material favors low-end density and locked-in, mechanical heaviness.

Phoenix's Cryptadia fuse djent's polyrhythmic precision with progressive metal's expansive song structures, producing technically demanding music built on groove and complexity. Their material is dense, layered, and aimed at fans of modern heavy progressive sounds.

Saratoga Springs, Utah multi-instrumentalist David Lyon weaves djent-driven rhythmic precision into a tapestry of progressive and symphonic metal, a sweeping and technically demanding sonic vision he's been developing since 2004.

Milwaukee's Deorbit launched in 2023 at the intersection of progressive metal and djent, applying the polyrhythmic tension of modern progressive metal to the Midwest's tradition of grinding out something honest and technically ambitious. Their dense, syncopated riffing and atmospheric spaciousness make them an emerging presence in Wisconsin's growing metal underground.

Denver's Eddie Kim charts one of the more interesting trajectories in the underground — starting from post-rock and progressive territory before evolving toward death metal, deathcore, and djent, active since 2011.

Orlando thrash metal project from the Florida underground.