Fall River, Massachusetts's Cacophonia have been pushing death metal and grindcore into experimental territory since 2021, representing a dissonant and unconventional voice in the New England underground.

Relentless Experimental Death / Thrash Metal out of Texas.

Rhode Island band that began as melodic technical death metal before pivoting to experimental/progressive rock, ultimately disavowing their early extreme metal work amid constant lineup changes.

Experimental post-black metal/grindcore/hardcore from Dallas.

St. Louis experimental death metal and grindcore band leaning into bizarre humor and grotesque absurdity, mixing blasting grind violence with oddball genre detours.

Alliance, Ohio's Cebog push black metal into experimental and abstract territory, using the genre's harshness as a starting point for dissonant, structurally unconventional compositions.

Boulder, Colorado-area act Chainsaw Decapitation operate at the intersection of black metal, death metal, and experimental music, combining harsh extreme metal aesthetics with unconventional structures and noise influences. Their output resists easy categorization within the death-black spectrum.

Chaosmonaut is an experimental doom and sludge metal band from Boise, Idaho, formed in 2017, that draws on jazz, drone, and progressive rock alongside classic doom influences like Yob and Earth. The band is known for long-form compositions and a freeform approach to heavy music.

Los Angeles's China Girl operates in a deliberately chaotic space, blending black metal, death metal, thrash, and experimental noise into something abrasive and unpredictable. Their willingness to disrupt genre convention makes them a singular presence in the LA underground.

Chicago's Chordate push death metal into strange experimental territory, dismantling genre conventions with unconventional structures and a restless sonic curiosity. Not for the orthodox.

Columbus experimental black/thrash act Citranomicon approach genre boundaries as suggestions, welding cold tremolo-picked fury to unconventional structures and a genuinely strange sonic imagination. They resist easy categorization.

Los Angeles experimental progressive metal act Civil Defiance push beyond conventional song structures, blending odd meters and dissonant harmonic choices into something deliberately off-axis. Their music challenges as much as it rewards.

A highly obscure black metal and experimental project from Michigan, Cnilaoxex operate at the fringes of the underground with a sound that prioritizes noise and abstraction over convention. Details about the project remain sparse, which seems entirely intentional.

Dallas, Texas death metal and grindcore outfit Coffin Hoarder push into experimental territory, combining brutality with unpredictable structures that subvert genre expectations. They're one of Dallas's more adventurous extreme metal acts.

New York's Cognitive Collapse push technical death metal into experimental territory, warping song structures and tonality into something disorienting and deeply unsettling.