Allen, Texas death/grind act that fuses brutal death metal heaviness with the manic speed of grindcore. Compact, relentless songs built on blast beats and churning low-end aggression.

Tulsa, Oklahoma brutal death/grind band cranking out short, savage blasts of gore-drenched extremity. Their music careens between death metal heaviness and grindcore speed with no regard for restraint.

Weymouth, Massachusetts grind/sludge band colliding the explosive speed of grindcore with the oppressive, tar-thick weight of sludge metal. The collision of those two extremes results in a sound that is both manic and suffocating.

Kansas City's Convulsed grind through brutal death metal with a grindcore-informed hunger for speed and extremity, delivering punishing releases that hit hard and don't overstay their welcome. They're a reliable force in Missouri's underground extreme metal scene.

Oklahoma's Coprophagist bring death metal extremity to Tahlequah, a town far from the genre's traditional urban hubs but no less committed to ferocious, no-compromise brutality. Their existence is a testament to death metal's deep reach into American regional scenes.

Ohio's Coprophagy combine death metal's anatomical horror fixation with grindcore's appetite for speed and brevity, producing short blasts of extremity from the Midwest underground. Their music is blunt, foul, and exactly as aggressive as their name suggests.

Aurora, Illinois outfit blending doom and traditional heavy metal into crushing, atmosphere-laden compositions. Expect thick riffs and a dark, vintage heaviness.

Chesterton, Indiana act blending death metal brutality with grindcore velocity and industrial-tinged aggression. Short, vicious, and unapologetically heavy.

Gulfport, Mississippi band combining death metal heaviness with grindcore's relentless, short-burst aggression. They bring Gulf Coast brutality in compact, intense doses.