Hudson County, New Jersey extreme metal band founded in 2016 that has evolved considerably over its existence — starting in death metal and grindcore territory before shifting toward black metal, making them one of the more stylistically restless acts in the New Jersey underground.

Los Angeles death metal and grindcore outfit Morgue Breath have been blending the putrid sensibilities of both genres since 2019, applying grindcore's velocity and brevity to death metal's more crushing sonic palette. The LA underground's appetite for extreme crossover sounds gives them fertile ground.

Ohio's Morgue Dweller emerged in 2022 at the intersection of death metal and goregrind, specializing in the kind of grotesque, fast, and filthy material that both genres' most devoted fans demand. Their goregrind influence adds a particularly absurdist horror-movie dimension to the death metal foundation.

Chicago's Morgue Supplier have been channeling the city's storied extreme music history since 2022, fusing death metal brutality with grindcore's concise and chaotic energy into a relentlessly volatile catalog.

Greenville, South Carolina's Morgue Walker bring a chaotic convergence of blackened death metal and grindcore to bear since 2021, favoring short, violent blasts that move between grinding ferocity and corrosive black metal atmosphere.

Out of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, Morguewhore have been shredding the line between grindcore and thrash metal since 2016, delivering frantic, abrasive bursts where speed and aggression take precedence over polish.

Seattle sludge and doom duo Morose lean into the Pacific Northwest's penchant for weight and misery, stacking corrosive low-end with slow, punishing tempos. Formed in 2016, they channel the city's rain-soaked gloom into music that crawls under your skin and refuses to let go.

Las Vegas's Mortician are a long-running brutal death metal and grindcore outfit active since 2002, known for machine-gun drumming, pulverizing down-tuned guitars, and horror-obsessed lyrical themes drawn from cult films and splatter fiction.

Baltimore's Mortuaria, formed in 2025, fuse death metal's crushing density with grindcore's explosive brevity, emerging from Maryland's storied extreme metal underground with a debut that wastes no time on subtlety.