Lockwood, Montana groove metal band emerging from Big Sky Country's vast open spaces, bringing heavy riffs to one of America's least populated states.

Long Beach, California groove metal and hardcore punk outfit with fifteen releases since 2019. Their LATE series — numbered and themed — builds one of the most extensive catalogs in Southern California's heavy underground.

Icard, North Carolina black metal project with three releases since 2012. Operating from a tiny Catawba County community, they prove atmospheric black metal can emerge from the most unlikely corners of the rural South.

Los Angeles groove metal act delivering heavy, mid-tempo power from the City of Angels, channeling mythological immortality themes through crushing rhythmic assault.

Seattle death/groove metal act from the Emerald City, blending crushing heaviness with rhythmic precision in the Pacific Northwest's deep metal underground.

St. George, Utah groove metal, NWOTHM, and nu metal hybrid with two albums since 2015. Their second album, simply titled UTAH, declares their geographic identity with defiant pride — heavy metal forged in the red rock desert near Zion National Park.

Hardinsburg, Kentucky deathcore project with seven releases since 2013. Broadcasting To The Nations and subsequent albums demonstrate a prolific commitment to crushing breakdowns from one of Kentucky's most rural communities.

Los Angeles groove/progressive metal act blending technical complexity with heavy rhythmic drive, reflecting L.A.'s position as a melting pot for every conceivable metal subgenre.

El Paso thrash metal act Backblast formed around 2015 before going on hold, a border-city band channeling the aggressive energy of classic thrash from one of Texas's most underrepresented metal scenes.

Goochland, Virginia melodic death and groove metal band active since 2023, drawing from both the melodic Scandinavian tradition and the rhythmic churn of groove metal.

Pennsylvania groove metal and hardcore act from Myerstown, active since 1997 before eventually operating under a different name.

Kansas City, Missouri's Barrage operate at the intersection of heavy metal, groove metal, and metalcore, blending hard-hitting riffwork with the modern heaviness that defines the Midwest's contemporary metal underground.

Casper, Wyoming thrash/groove/death metal band Bartlett formed in 2025, representing a new voice in the high-plains metal underground.

Savannah, Georgia's Bastardane blend the swaggering riff weight of groove metal with stoner metal atmospherics, active in the Southern underground since 2019.

Relentless Black / Death / Groove Metal / Grindcore from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (early); Austin, Texas (later).