A brand-new act out of Berkeley, Early Demise formed in 2025 at the meeting point of groove metal's chug and nu-metal's attitude, bringing the Bay Area's characteristic edge to a revival-minded heaviness.

San Francisco's Earth Crawler was formed in 2017 at the crossroads of Bay Area thrash and the groove metal tradition, carrying a city's legacy of hard-edged riffing into well-worn but welcome territory.

Tampa's Eating Infinity fuses groove metal's midtempo swagger with death metal's ferocity — a combination that makes sense coming from a city with Florida death metal in its civic DNA.

Benicia, California's Ebola is a technical death/thrash outfit formed in 2016, the kind of band that treats musical precision and unrelenting aggression as two sides of the same coin.

Named for the medical term for bruising, Powhatan, Virginia's Ecchymosis melds groove metal's midtempo churn with death metal's heavier inclinations, active since 2015 and apparently comfortable leaving marks.

Eden Burns work the groove-heavy end of heavy metal with a muscular, no-nonsense approach, formed in Bowie in 2020 with enough swing in the riffs to keep heads moving.

Vineland, New Jersey's Edge of Chaos traffic in groove metal's churning, mid-tempo aggression, formed in 2020 with a focus on the kinetic, body-moving energy the subgenre does best.

A Raleigh death metal outfit that has steadily evolved from groove-heavy brutality toward more intricate progressive territory since forming in 2016. Their trajectory reflects a band genuinely searching for new forms rather than settling into a comfortable sound.

Pennsylvania's Effigy, out of New Kingstown since 2012, operates in the collision zone between death metal brutality and groove metal momentum — the kind of band that hits hard and keeps a steady, punishing rhythm.

Lexington's EgoDeath approaches the theme with melodic death and groove metal — muscular and hook-laden, active since 2009 in Kentucky's relatively small but persistent heavy underground. The dual emphasis on brutality and memorability is their signature.

Portland's Eleventh Hour carve out a groove-laden take on progressive metal, their rhythmic heaviness setting them apart from the more cerebral end of the genre — formed in 2011 and rooted in the Pacific Northwest's heavy rock tradition.

Dallas's Eloi blend groove metal's hip-swinging heaviness with thrash's aggression, a combination that fits the Texas tradition of metal that wants to move the room as much as destroy it.

Orlando thrash metal project from the Florida underground.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Elysion Fields have been working the thrash/groove intersection since 2011 — riffs with real momentum behind them, pushed forward by groove metal's locomotive sense of rhythm.

Georgia's Embering Effigy emerged from Conyers in 2023 forging a groove-driven thrash sound with a modern edge. Heavy grooves anchor their attack while the thrash component keeps the tempo volatile and the energy confrontational.