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.

Morgantown, West Virginia doom metal project with a staggering seven releases since 2024, demonstrating a creative output that borders on compulsive. Their catalog plumbs the depths of lo-fi doom with provocative titles and relentless productivity from the Mountain State.

Omaha doom metal project from the Nebraska underground.

Portland doom metal project named after the ancient Greek astronomical calculator.

San Francisco thrash metal act with six releases since 2018, including the Connecticut-referencing Connecticut Casual series. Their prolific output and the cryptic King Of Gods. No Second demonstrate a band with both the ambition and work ethic to stand out in the Bay Area's crowded thrash field.

Portland doom metal act named after the longest lava tube in the continental US, located in nearby Washington State. Their 2016 debut Pillars of Evolution pairs geological time scales with crushing heaviness, the subterranean imagery perfectly matching their cavernous sound.

Walnut, California doom metal and grindcore hybrid with ten releases since 2024. Their catalog — including Anhedonic Empires and Cryptomnesis — blends seemingly incompatible genres at a feverish pace from suburban Los Angeles.

Phoenix death metal project from the Arizona underground.

Indianapolis doom metal institution and one of the Midwest's most respected heavy bands since 2005. Six releases spanning nearly two decades of crushing, emotionally resonant doom have established them as pillars of Indiana's heavy scene, their name perfectly capturing the genre's essence of lonely devastation.