Originally from North Pole, Alaska — relocated to Fort Worth in 2007 after working as lumberjacks. Self-described "mountain metal" blending doom, sludge, and progressive elements.

Turn the Tide is a groove metal and hard rock band from Lansing, Michigan, formed in 2013, built around heavy syncopated rhythms, crunching guitar work, and accessible song structures.

Tusko is a sludge and groove metal band from Canton, Ohio, formed in 2015, melding the lurching heaviness of sludge with groove metal's infectious rhythmic punch.

Two Neck Noose is a groove and thrash metal band from Westland, Michigan, formed in 2012, blending the syncopated, mid-paced heaviness of groove metal with the aggressive riffing and tempo of classic thrash.

Tyraels Ascension is an Olympia, Washington band formed in 2024 that merges melodic death metal, groove metal, and metalcore, drawing on multiple extreme and modern metal subgenres to build a hybrid aggressive sound.

Fort Worth's Unraveler pull from melodic death metal's emotional sweep and groove metal's pummeling mid-tempo stomp, a combination that's become their signature since forming in 2012. They're one of the more textured acts in the DFW heavy music scene.

Brand new as of 2024, Omaha's Unthroned fuse death metal's terminal violence with groove metal's swing and stomp, making them one to watch in Nebraska's small but committed heavy music community. The groove/death combination gives them an immediately accessible brutality.

San Francisco's Vestige channel the blunt-force groove metal tradition in a city better known for avant-garde extremity, a stubbornly physical presence since 2013. Their sound is built for the neck and the fist — nothing cerebral, nothing ambient, just punch.

Cincinnati's Vile Sanctum launched in 2023 bridging groove metal's kinetic swagger and metalcore's angular precision into something that hits the body first and the brain second. The band's name gestures at ritual while the music keeps both feet planted firmly in the pit.